Yu Boyang

Chiny/China

Einar Steen-Nökleberg

Norway

Competition in 1972, the Norwegian Critics' Prize for Best Performance
in 1975 (for the interpretation in Grieg's Piano Concerto at the Bergen Festival), the Norwegian Recording of the Year in 1976 for a recital of Norwegian Baroque Composers, the Lindeman Prize ("Performer of the Year") 1984, the Grieg Prize in 1985 (Bergen) and 1992 (Oslo). He is a Knight of the St. Olav Order, appointed by the King of Norway for his activities for Norwegian music in general.

From 1975 to 1981 Einar Steen-Nøkleberg was Professor of Piano at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, Germany, an appointment which made him Germany's youngest professor. 1994 he returned to the Hochschule für Musik and taught there until 2012.

Einar Steen-Nøkleberg's international career has included repeated solo recitals in London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Moscow, Mexico City, New York, Hamburg and Copenhagen. He toured the U.S.A. and the former Soviet Union several times. Concerto appearances include the London Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Copenhagen Royal Chapel, the China Philharmonic, Beijing, the Yumiori Philharmonic Orchestra and the NHK in Tokyo and the Oslo and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras in Norway. His recording of the Grieg Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra was chosen by the BBC Saturday Review as the best version of this much-recorded concerto.

Einar Steen-Nokleberg is a pianist who is an expert interpreter of the piano music of Edvard Grieg.

His recently released monumental recording of all Grieg's piano music, a 14 CD set, for Naxos Records is recieving international acclaim. He is currently publishing H. Kjerulf piano works (3 CD's) on Simax, and H. Saeverud piano works (5 CD's) on Naxos. He also written an authoritative book on the subject of interpreting Grieg’s music.

He is jury member of several piano competitions worldwide and gives masterclasses in Austria and Swtzerland

Einar Steen-Nökleberg

Norway

Wojciech Świtała

Poland

Wojciech Świtała graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice with Professor Józef Stompel. From 1991 to 1996 he was tutored by Professors - Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, André Dumortier and J. C. Vanden-Eynden. He is the laureate of international competitions in Bardolino (Italy, 1st prize), the M. Long and J. Thibaud Competition in Paris (2nd Grand Prix, audience award, award for best European artist) and the Piano Competition in Montreal. During the 12th Fryderyk Chopin International Competition Świtała was awarded a prize for best polonaise performance as well as numerous additional prizes.

The artist gave concerts in most European countries, namely in Argentina, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, the USA and Canada. He appeared with the majority of symphonic orchestras in Poland including the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, the Amadeus Orchestra, the Cracow Philharmonic and the Silesian Philharmonic. The artist performed under the baton of Agnieszka Duczmal, Jan Krenz, Tadeusz Strugała, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, Krzysztof Missona, Jerzy Katlewicz, Mirosław Błaszczyk and Tomasz Bugaj. Apart from being a soloist the pianist enjoys performing chamber music with Szymon Krzeszowiec, the Silesian Quartet, the Camerata Quartet, the Royal Quartet and the Aukso Orchestra.

Wojciech Świtała made numerous recordings featuring Liszt, Schumann and Chopin music, including scherzos, waltzes and roundels. Over the years 2000-2005 he was awarded twice the Grand Prix du Disque Fryderyk Chopin and in 2002 he was honored with the Fryderyk 2002 award. In 2003 the pianist recorded both books of Debussy's preludes, published by BeAr Ton, and - prepared in collaboration with Szymon Krzeszowiec - J. Brahms’ violin sonatas for SONY Music Polska. In 2006 his record featuring Zarębski’s works, made in Super Audio CD technology, was released. It was prepared in collaboration with the Quartet Royal.

In 2007 the National Fryderyk Chopin Institute released his album featuring Chopin’s preludes op.28 (recorded on the Pleyel piano from 1848) and Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise op. 22, (recorded on the Erarda piano from 1849).

Last year the DUX Company released a record made with Piotr Pławner featuring Szymanowski’s compositions for violin and piano, which was honored with the Fryderyk award 2009.

Since 1998 the pianist has been dedicated to teaching. He assumed the rank of Professor at the Piano Faculty in the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice. Since October 2008 he has been appointed vice-president of this institution.

HEINZ MEDJIMOREC

Austria

Mariusz Klimsiak

Poland

<p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"><span style="font-size: small">The Secretary of the Jury</span></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify">Mariusz Klimsiak has been the laureate of the 3rd Competition of the 20th Century Music in Warsaw, the Festival for Young Musicians in Gdańsk and the 3rd all-Polish F. Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He has graduated with distinction from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz under Professor Jerzy Sulikowski. Mariusz Klimsiak has also furthered his education at courses supervised by Ewa Pobłocka, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Naum Starkmann, Aleksjej Orłowiecki and Viera Nossina. In 2009 he was awarded the title of Doctor of Musical Arts.</p>
<p class="western" align="justify"><span lang="en-US">The artist made his debut at the age of 15. As a soloist and chamber musician he played with the National Philharmonic, the Wrocław Philharmonic, the Lower Silesian Philharmonic and the Lublin Philharmonic. The artist participated in </span><span lang="en-US"><i>Łańcuch IV</i></span><span lang="en-US"> (the Chain Festival) in Warsaw, the Forum Musicum Festival in Wrocław, the Lutosławski Forum Festival in Warsaw, the Festival of Polish Pianism in Słupsk, the International Bach Festival in Świdnica as well as in artistic events in Italy (Florence), Spain (Alicante) and the USA (Seattle, San Francisco). The artist toured Germany with the Lower Silesian Philharmonic under Jerzy Swoboda. He performed with Mariusz Patyra and the Silesian String Quartet.</span></p>
<p lang="en-US" align="justify">His stylistically diverse repertoire features both baroque pieces and contemporary compositions. The artist performed concertos ranging from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Brahms to the 20th century classics (including Rachmaninov’s Concerto No. 3, Prokofiev’s Concerto No.3 as well as Stravinsky’s, Shostakovich’s and Lutosławski’s concertos). Besides performing crucial piano compositions, his solo repertoire includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in C minor op. 111, Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, Chopin’s Sonata in B minor, Brahms’ Sonata in F minor as well as infrequently performed compositions, such as Hindemith’s Sonata No. 3 or Berg’s Sonata.</p>
<p align="justify"><span lang="en-US">Mariusz Klimsiak performs chamber music with gusto. Playing in duet with violin the artist presented, among other, all Beethoven’s sonatas (also as a whole staged in a cycle of three concerts), collection of Brahms’ sonatas, Schubert’s Fantasie in C major, sonatas of Mozart, Schumman, Debussy, Franck, Szymanowski, Shostakovich’s as well as Lutosławski’s compositions. Artist’s performance with cello feature Beethoven’s and Brahms’ sonatas as well as Rachmaninov’s sonata in G minor. Additionally, Mariusz Klimsiak appeared in a piano duet playing Brahms’ Sonata in F minor op. 34b and 2</span><sup><span lang="en-US">nd</span></sup><span lang="en-US"> Suite as well as the Symphonic Dances by Rachmaninov. With a soprano Kamila Kułakowska he performed a world premiere of Lutosławski’s Chantefleurs et Chantefables for voice and piano (arranged by Eugeniusz Knapik) in the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio in the Polish Radio. More compelling compositions in the repertoire include </span><span lang="en-US">Schönberg’</span><span lang="en-US">s Pierrot lunaire and among compositions for larger chamber ensembles their mention deserve quintets of Zarębski, Shostakovich, Bacewicz as well as Chausson’s Concerto in D major (for piano, violin and string quartet) or Michał Dobrzyński’s Continuum (for two pianos and two percussion sets). Mariusz Klimsiak also performed Chopin’s concertos with a string quartet and played on historical instruments.</span><b> </b></p>
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<p lang="en-US" align="justify">The artist worked as the assistant with Professor J. Sulikowski, Professor E. Pobłocka and Pofessor J. Godziszewski at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. Nowadays he holds the position of lecturer at his Alma Mater.</p>

Mariusz Klimsiak

Poland

NORIKO OGAWA

Japan

Noriko Ogawa has achieved considerable renown throughout the world since her success at the 1987 Leeds International Piano Competition. Ogawa’s ‘ravishingly poetic playing’(Telegraph) sets her apart from her contemporaries and acclaim for her complete Debussy series with BIS Records confirms her as a fine Debussy specialist.
Ogawa appears with all the major UK, European, Japanese and US orchestras. With her wonderful dynamic range and colour palate, Ogawa’s particular affinities range from the works of Takemitsu, through the larger Romantic composers such as Prokofiev and Rachmaninov, to contemporary concerti commissioned from Graham Fitkin and Dai Fujikura. Amongst the leading conductors she has worked with are Dutoit, Vanska, Vonk, Lazarev, de Roo, Brabbins, Pesek, Slatkin, Fischer, Herbig, Otaka, Rozhdestvensky and Tortelier.

Ogawa is also renowned as a recitalist and chamber musician. In February 2008, Ogawa made her recital debut at Suntory Hall, Japan for her 20th anniversary concert. Notable chamber projects include a tour of Japan with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble and the leader of the Vienna Philharmonic, Rainer Honeck. In 2001 Ogawa and Kathryn Stott launched their piano duo and have since toured in Japan and given premieres of Graham Fitkin’s double piano concerto Circuit, including the world premiere at Bridgewater Hall. Ogawa has also collaborated with Steven Isserlis, Isabelle van Keulen, Martin Roscoe, Michael Collins and Peter Donohoe.

An advocate of commissioning, Ogawa has been involved in numerous premieres. Ogawa has toured in Japan with Evelyn Glennie, premiering an exciting new commission for two pianos and percussion by Yoshihiro Kanno. In February 2009, Ogawa performed the premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Ampere for piano and toy piano, with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins. Ogawa’s current ongoing commission is a ground-breaking series of four recital pieces from Kanno which feature the piano alongside various traditional Japanese instruments or sounds; the first for Nambu bell and piano Hikari no Ryushi (A Particle of Light) will be followed by Mizu no Ryushi (A Particle of Water) for metal chopsticks and piano.

Since 1997, Noriko Ogawa has been an exclusive recording artist for BIS Records. In addition to her Gramophone Editor’s Choice award winning complete Debussy series (shortly to be completed with the Fantasie for piano and orchestra), her recordings for the label include Toru Takemitsu Riverrun (also Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice) and Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (BBC Music Magazine Critics’ Choice). Ogawa’s discography also includes Rachmaninov, Tcherepnin, Saint-Saens, Grieg, Delius and Graham Fitkin’s double concerto Circuitwith duo partner Kathryn Stott.
Alongside performing and recording, Ogawa is sought after for presenting both on the radio and on television, recently appearing on BBC Worldwide in ‘Visionaries’ as an advocate for Takemitsu and in programmes for NHK and Nippon Television. As an adjudicator, Ogawa regularly judges the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition, Honens International Piano Competition and the Scottish International Piano Competition. In Japan, Ogawa acts as artistic advisor to the MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall (www.kawasaki-sym-hall.jp) in her hometown. In 1999, the Japanese Ministry of Education awarded Ogawa their Art Prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the cultural profile of Japan throughout the world and she has also been awarded the Okura Prize for her outstanding contribution to music in Japan. As a writer, Ogawa has completed her first book (published in Japan) and is a regular columnist for the music press both in the UK and in Japan.

Zhukov Veniamin

Rosja/Russia

MIKHAIL VOSKRESENSKIY

Russia

Mikhail Voskresensky commands an international reputation as a pianist in the great Romantic tradition. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory where he studied under Ilia Klyachko, Boris Zemliansky, Yakob Milstein, Lev Oborin (piano) and Leonid Roizman (organ). As student of the famous Lev Oborin, the winner of the First Chopin Competition in 1927, Voskresensky adopted his teacher's refined romanticism and perfect taste in harmony with the piano's splendid sound. The images evoked by his playing suggest contrasting musical colors, never out of harmony, and a charming legato inducing the instrument to sing. 'His playing fascinates audiences with its artistry, cordiality and ingeniousness. Mikhail Voskresensky is a very talented and intelligent musician', wrote Oborin about his pupil. Mikhail Voskresensky is Prize-winner of the Schumann International Competition in Berlin, the International Competition in Rio de Janeiro, the George Enescu International Competition in Bucarest and the Van Cliburn Competition in Fort Worth.

In 1957 the young pianist took part in the Prague Spring Festival where he performed European premiere of Shostakovich Second Piano concerto with the presence of Shostakovich himself. In 1966 he was honored with the Merited Artist of Russia award and in 1989 the People's Artist of Russia.

Mikhail Voskresensky's concert geography is very large. He performed with more than 150 conductors in almost all countries of Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, USA, Mexico and Peru. He had wonderful critics in international festivals in Tours, Colmar and Aix-en-Provence: “Voskresensky is not only an outstanding virtuoso, he lives in music and plunges into its depths…” Semaines Musicales, Tours. During his New York debut his performance of Liszt Sonata and 5-th Scriabin sonata was highly estimated. His colleagues in chamber music were Borodin quartet, Shostakovich quartet, Tokyo quartet in New York, violinists M.Yashvili (all violin sonatas of Beethoven in 2004-05 season), R.Nodel and P.Berman, cellists E.Altman and A.Kniazev. Voskresensky's large repertoire includes all Beethoven sonatas, all works of Chopin, 64 piano concertos with orchestra, played with John Pritchard, Franz Konwitschny, Kurt Mazur, Stanislav Scrowachewsky, Eugeny Svetlanov, Charles Dutoit etc.

He recorded more than 50 CD's.
Mikhail Voskresensky is a distinguished professor at the Moscow Conservatory, the chair of the professorship of piano faculty. His pupils have won 111 international prizes including 49 gold medals. Between them Stanislav Igolinsky, Amir Tebenihin, Temirzhan Erzhanov, Yakov Kasman, Alexander Ghindin, Sergej Koudriakov, Sergei Kuznezov, Evelina Vorontsova, Elena Kuznetsova, Mikhail Yanovitsky, Kooryeong Park, Oleg Marshev and Yury Favorin etc … In 2001-04 prof. Voskresensky taught in Toho Gakuen University in Tokyo where his pupils had won 12 different prizes including Akiko Yamamoto's triumph at Schumann International competition in Zwickau in 2004. As a competition jurist Mikhail Voskresensky was in Sydney, London, Leeds, Geneva, Hamamatsu, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and many others. He was a jury member of the last Tchaikovsky Competition and constantly is the chairman of Scriabin International Competition in Moscow.

Not so long ago he played the first concerto by Shostakovich in Beijing and the first concerto by Tchaikovsky in Shanghai under the button of Charles Dutoit. In the fall of 2007 during the celebration of the 100 anniversary of his teacher Lev Oborin, Voskresensky played in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory the Forth Concerto by Beethoven under the button of Vladimir Ashkenazi and The Second concerto by Brahms with Leonid Nikolaev.

Moon Zheeyoung

Korea

Alexander Gadjiev

Alexander Gadjiev

Alexander Gadjiev was born into a family of musicians in 1994, in Gorizia, Italy. He began his piano studies at the age of five with his mother, Ingrid Silic. Later on, he continued his studies with his father, well-known Russian teacher, Siavush Gadjiev. Alexander is first prize winner in numerous competitions for young pianists. At the age of nine, he played Haydn’s Concerto in C major with orchestra, receiving excellent reviews from the press. He gave his first recital at the age of ten. Between 2005 and 2008 he gave solo recitals at Palazzo del Governo, Trieste; “Teatro Alfieri”, Torino; “Teatro Fumagalli”, Cantù; in the festival hall of Ljubljana; at “Auditorium” and “Teatro Bratuz”, both in Gorizia. After his success at the piano competition of Ljubljana (Slovenia) he was invited to play at the festivals of Ljubljana and in Feldkirchen, Austria. In 2009 he played the Grieg Piano Concerto with “Ars Atelier” orchestra of Gorizia, conducted by M° Marco Feruglio, and at the Filarmonia of Ljubljana with the orchestra of Ljubljana Opera House, under the direction of M° Igor Svara. In 2010 he gave solo recitals at the Auditorium “Pollini” in Padova, at “Museo Revoltella” in Trieste, at the Filarmonia of Ljubljana and in Maribor. In 2011 he played at the Dilsberg festival in Germany. In 2012 he played Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto with the orchestra RTV Slovenija, under the direction of M° En Shao. In April 2012 he won the third prize at the first edition of the “FVG International Piano competition”. In June 2012 he won the ninth edition of the “Premio delle Arti”, which took place in Trieste, with a unanimous decision of the jury. In the same year he graduated magna cum laude at the “Conservatorio Bruno Maderna” of Cesena. In October 2012 he played at the Italian Cultural Centre in Paris, during the musical festival “Suona Italiano”. Since autumn 2013 he has been attending the Master’s degree course at prestigious “Mozarteum” of Salzburg under the guidance of M° Gililov. In November 2013 he won the thirtieth edition of the prestigious “Premio Venezia”, competition in which only magna cum laude graduated pupils are allowed, its final taking place at the “La Fenice”, Venice Opera House. In January 2014 he was invited to perform a solo recital for the SVC at the Great Hall of “La Fenice” Opera House.

In June 2014 he reached the semi-finals at the “Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition” and in August 2014 was selected to participate to the finals of the 60° “Busoni Piano Competition” in Bolzano. In 2015 his engagements included a collaboration with Yuri Temirkanov in the Šostakovič's Concerto in c minor op. 35 at the Fenice Opera House in Venice, solo recitals for the “Festival MiTo” in Torino (Teatro Regio), for the “Festival Pianistico” in Trieste (Teatro Verdi) and a debut concert in the Great Hall of Ljubljana’s Philharmonie.

In December 2015 he won the First Prize and Audience Prize at the prestigious 9th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, which figured in the jury great personalities like Akiko Ebi, Martha Argerich, Sergey Babayan, Pavel Nersessyan among the others.

MIKHAIL VOSKRESENSKIY

Rosja

Marek Pijarowski

Marek Pijarowski

Conductor

Born in Wrocław in 1951. While at the Secondary School of Music he learnt how to play several instruments, including the piano (main instrument), the violin, the oboe, and the organ. He completed studies in conducting and graduated with distinction from the Wrocław Academy of Music under the guidance of Tadeusz Strugała. Subsequently, he completed education in 1971-1973 in Weimar during International Music Courses, working with the late renowned Latvian conductor Arvid Jansons. In 1977 Marek Pijarowski was awarded a scholarship from the Austrian Government and was staying in Vienna for 9 months mastering his skills in the class of Prof. Carl Oesterreicher in Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst. At that time he had the opportunity to observe such masters as Karajan, Bernstein, Solti and Abbado at work.

His professional career began in 1974 when he was appointed assistant conductor in the Wrocław Philharmonic. That year in December he participated in the All-Polish Conducting Competition in Katowice, where (being the youngest contestant) he won the first prize and a special prize of the Orchestra of the Silesian Philharmonic. In the aftermath he received numerous invitations, for example on behalf of the Polish Radio Great Symphony Orchestra. In 1975 Marek Pijarowski was granted the position of the second conductor of the Wrocław Philharmonic and in 1980 he was promoted general and artistic director of that institution, the position he occupied till 2002. Marek Pijarowski has cooperated both with the Cracow Philharmonic as the first conductor and regularly with the Bydgoszcz Philharmonic as a guest conductor. From 2002 to 2005 he acted as artistic director of the Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź. At the beginning of 2006-2007 he initiated close cooperation with Artur Malawski Philharmonic in Rzeszów.

For almost 30 years he has been working closely with all philharmonic and radio orchestras in Poland. On numerous occasions he gave concerts with Polish orchestras abroad e.g. with the Warsaw National Philharmonic (Germany), the Polish Radio GreatSymphony Orchestra (Spain, France), the Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra (France), Sinfonia Varsovia (Spain) and the Łódź Philharmonic (Italy, Spain). He went on numerous tours with the Wrocław Philharmonic Orchestra, visiting such countries as Spain, France, Italy, Germany and Holland. Marek Pijarowski made numerous archive recordings for the purposes of the Polish radio. He has been a permanent conductor during Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro in the USA. He cooperates closely with the Presidential Orchestra in Ankara and Texas Music Festival in Hudson. Not only did he conduct in most European countries but also performed in Egypt, Israel, Canada, China, the USA, Mexico and South Korea.

In the years 1980 - 2000 he was the artistic director of the Polish Festival of Contemporary Music in Wrocław and in 1986/1987 also the artistic director of the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki.

For many years Marek Pijarowski has linked his artistic activity with the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław, where he has been teaching conducting. Since October 2006 he has been holding the position

of Professor of conducting in The Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music
in Warsaw. The Minister of Higher Education has appointed him national expert planning curricula for studies in conducting. His graduates have won competitions both in Poland and abroad. Additionally, he sits as a juror during the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conducting Competition
in Katowice and is the President of the Jury during the Witold Lutosławski International Competition for Young Conductors in Białystok.

In 1997 the President of the Republic of Poland bestowed on him the title of Profesor of Music. In 2004 he was decorated with the Order of Poland Restored (Polonia Restituta).

Kato Daiki

Japan

The orchestra was established in 1946. The orchestra was conducted by Robert Satanowski, Zbigniew Chwedczuk, Witold Krzemieński, Antoni Wit, Tomasz Bugaj, Mieczysław Nowakowski, Jerzy Salwarowski, Michael Zilm, Roman Kofman, Marek Pijarowski and Tadeusz Wojciechowski. Since September 2015 Kai Bumann has taken up the post of its artistic director. The orchestra has attained wide recognition and performed with such renown

Its concerts in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain Scotland, Switzerland, Russia, South Korea, Cyprus and Hungary have won recognition

from critics and audience alike. On numerous occasions the orchestra performed during domestic and international music festivals, including the Wratislavia Cantans, Warsaw Autumn Festival, Poznań Music Spring, Berliner Festwochen, International Summer Festival in Ljubljana, Schweriner Musiktage and Frankfurter Festtage der Musik. The ensemble released numerous recordings including the Symphony in B minor “Polonia” by Paderewski (Muza), Symphony by Isang Yuna (Bild-Kunst, Bonn), Chain II by Lutosławski (the CD received the French critics award, Thorofon Records). It also recorded Szymanowski’s compositions on the occasion of his 125th anniversary of birth and the 70th anniversary of death (DUX). The ensemble collaborated with such recording labels as Polskie Nagrania, Veritone, CPO Osnabruck and Naxos. In 2010 in Budapest the orchestra inaugurated the Year of Chopin in Hungary. The performance was broadcast live worldwide by the DUNA TV and radio MR3 Bartok. It has been collaborating on a regular basis with the Berliner Cappella Choir and Singakademie from Frankfurt (Oder). In 2011 the orchestra put in appearances during the Musikfesttage an der Oder Festival in Frankfurt as well as in Berlin (Konzerthaus) and in Brussels on the occasion of the Polish Presidency in the EU. In 2013 for the first time the orchestra delivered a performance in the world-famous the Wiener Musikverein. In 2013 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Pomeranian Philharmonic it recorded a jubilee CD under the baton of Jerzy Maksymiuk featuring Symphony in B minor “Polonia” by Paderewski (full version, DUX). In 2014 it appeared in the Berlin Philharmonic accompanied by the Berliner Cappella and Studio Choir as well as world famous vocalists (Dvořak – Stabat Mater). In 2015 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Pomeranian Philharmonic and the Berliner Cappella Choir cooperation the orchestra participated in a gala concert staged in the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Kerstin Behnke (Szymanowski – Stabat Mater, Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem).

Krzysztof Książek

Poland

Khachikyan Violetta

Rosja

Khachikyan Violetta

Rosja

Maryia Kim

Ukraine

I prize - 10 000 USD - Maryia Kim, Ukraine

Born on June 25th,1981. She is studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannoverin the piano class of Professor Vladimir Krainev. Performed recitals,concerts with an orchestra and during festivals in Ukraine, Russia,Poland, Germany, Austria, Holland, Italy, France, Greece, Turkey,Malaysia, Korea, USA. Took part in international piano competitions:

1996 - I prize at the "Vladimir Krainev" International Piano Competition, Ukraine
2001 - I prize at the International Piano Competition "In Memory of V. Horowitz" , Ukraine
2002 - I prize at the International Piano Competition in Patras, Greece
2003 - III prize at the Taiwan International Piano Competition
2003 - I prize at the International Piano Competition "Piano Campus", France
2004 - III prize at the International Piano Competition "Premio Jaen de Piano", Spain

Esther Jung-A Park

USA

Esther Jung-A Park

USA

II prize 6 000 USD Esther Jung-A Park, USA

Born on August 7th,1984. Scholarship holder at the Juilliard School in the USA, studiesunder dr Yoheved Kaplnsky. Performed as a soloist in recitals and gaveconcerts with an orchestra in the United States, Korea, Russia, Italyand Israel. Took part in master classes coached by Arie Vardi, RichardGoode, Jerome Lowenthal, Andrew Litton, Joachin Achuccaro, Nelita Trueand Karl Ulrich Schnabel. Participated in numerous festivals andreceived the President Clinton's Prodigy Award.

2001 - winner of the Eastman International Piano Competition
I prize at the 52nd Kościuszko International Piano Competition
2004 - winner of the Gina Bachauer Piano Competition at the Juilliard School

Marina Baranova

Ukraine

Rieko Nezu

Japan

IV prize - 4 000 USD Rieko Nezu, Japan

Born on December 23rd,1980.Graduated from the National University of Fine Arts and Music in Tokyo.Currently furthers education at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, as avisiting student of the Polish Government under instruction ofProfessor Ewa Pobłocka. She also studied under Professors MiekoHarimoto, Akiyoshi Sako, Dang Thai Son and Halina Czerny-Stefańska. andtook part in the master class held by Martha Argerich at the ArgerichMusic Festival in Beppu (Japan) and master class held by VladimirAshkenazi in Berlin.

1996 - I Prize at the Kil International Piano Competition (Sweden).
1999 - Special Prize at the 20th International Music Competition in Kirishima (Japan)
2001- Recitals organized by the Kawai Company "Series of recitals by Rieko Nezu-composers around Chopin."

Rieko Nezu

Japan

Maki Inoue

Japan

V prize - 3 000 USD Maki Inoue, Japan

Born on February 5th,1978. In 2000 graduated from the Toho Gakuen School of Music. Studiedpiano under Professors Etsuko Tokusue, Katsurako Mikami and MinoruNojima. Currently studying piano under Professor Regina Smendzianka inWarsaw. Gave concerts in Japan and Poland.

1997 - III prize at the International Piano Competition "Citta di Senigallia"
1999 - II prize at the Suita Music Competition in Japan
2002 - VI prize at the European Chopin Piano Competition in Darmstadt
2003 - II prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in the Czech Republic
2003 - III prize at the Kazuko Yasukava Memorial Competition

Maki Inoue

Japan

Takashi Yamamoto

Japan

Born on April 12th,1983.Graduated from the Toho Gauken Music High School in Tokio.Currently studying at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsawunder Professor Piotr Paleczny.

1997 - Grand Prix at the 12 Piano Competition Nagano Prefecture in Japan
1998 - III Prize at the 52nd All-Japan Music Competition for Youth
2001 - III Prize at the 70th Japanese Music Competition
2004 - III Prize at the 56thInternational Music Competition "Prague Spring" and the "V. KamenikowaSpecial Prize" for the youngest finalist of the competition.

Lilian Barretto

Juror X Konkursu

Keduk Kiryl

Białoruś/Belarus

Keduk Kiryl

Białoruś/Belarus

Lilian Barretto

Jury member of the 10th Competition

Lilian BARRETTO

Brasil

Lilian Barretto studied in Brazil under the guidance of Gilberto Tinetti, Gloria Maria da Fonseca and Jacques Klein. She had classes with Prof. Jan Ekier at the Superior School of Music in Warsaw, Poland from 1969 to 1970. In 1970 she was also present at the International Music Festival in Annecy, France, taking active part in the classes of Amy Dommel-Dieny and Norbert Dufourcq.

She was a prize-winner in a great number of national piano competitions, one of them being the Bahia National Piano Competition in 1968. In 1984 Ms. Barretto received the Order of Merit Medal awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Poland. That same year, she took part in the Congress of Women Musicians in Paris. The next two years were spent at the Royal Opera House in London doing a training course in artistic production.

Aside from her career, both as a soloist and as a chamber music performer, Lilian Barretto has also been the Director of the Sala Cecilia Meireles and the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre.

She was a member of the jury at the 2001 Vianna de Motta Piano Competition in Lisbon and at the 2009 BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro. In 2003 and 2004 she performed at the “Festival du Chateau de la Follie” in Belgium and at the Grottammare Liszt Festival in Italy. In 2004 she was an active participant in the Rapallo Music Festival (Italy) and in the “Festival Les Nuits Pianistiques” in Marseille, playing with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Werner Stiefel.

She performed at the Musée Debussy em Saint-Germain-en–Laye, France, in the Festivals of Grottammare, San Benedetto del Tronto and Amiata Piano Festival in Italy as well in the Festival of Chateau de la Follie, Belgium.

Hyun Jung Kim

Korea

Sergey Redkin

Russia

III prize (ex aequo)
Born on October 27th, 1991. Study at the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory.Gave concerts in Russia,Poland, Germany, Switzerland.

2010 – I prize at the Chopin 2010 Piano Competition in Saint-Petersburg Conservatory.2008 – I prize at the International Competition of Young Musicians “New names” with the trio Juventa, Moscow.
2008 – laureate of the International Competition of Chamber Ensemble and Piano Duets named after Shostakovich with the trio “Juventa”, Moscow.

Michal Szymanowski

Polska

Sebastian Benda

Sebastian Benda

Liv Glaser

Liv Glaser

Michal Szymanowski

Poland

III prize (ex aequo) - 7 000 Euro4
Born on July 27th, 1988. Study at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz. Gave concerts in Poland, Ukraine and Switzerland.

2008 – II prize at the Polish Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.
2007 – honourable mention at the Chopin Festival in Konin.
2007 – V prize at the International Horowitz Competition for Young Pianists in Kiev.

PROFESSOR JERZY SULIKOWSKI

POLSKA

PROFESSOR EWA POBŁOCKA

POLAND

Ewa Pobłocka graduated from the St. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. She is a laureate of the competitions in Vercelli, Bordeaux and Warsaw. She performed in almost every European country as well as in both Americas, Singapur, Korea, Japan and Austria. Her partners in the concerts were orchestras from England, USA, Italy, Germany, Austria and Poland. She made recordings for many radios and record companies both in Poland and abroad. Her record with "Piano concert" of W. Lutosławski was the "Record of the 1996 Year". Ewa Pobłocka was rewarded with the John Field Medal for the recording of 20 "Nokturns" of Field. Her latest recording are "Nocturns" of Chopin, "Songs" of Karłowicz with Jadwiga Rappé (FRYDERYK'98), "Piano Concerts" of Andrzej Panufnik, Witold Lutosławski and Paweł Szymański with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kazimierz Kord (the Record of the 1998 Year, FRYDERYK'98), "Songs" of Chopin, Moniuszko, Karłowicz, Szymanowski and Lutosawski with Ewa Podleś, as well as Mazurki and Fantasy on the Polish themes op. 2 of F. Chopin with Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra conducted by Jacek Kasprzyk. Hes lates CD - "Partit" of J. S. Bach and "Nocturns" of Faure - were recorded for the first time in Poland. Ewa Pobłocka also performs chamber music in cooperation with Jadwiga Rappé, Ewa Podleś, Olga Pasiecznik and the Silesian Quartet. She has been a professor of the piano class at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.

PROFESSOR EWA POBŁOCKA

POLAND

PROFESSOR REGINA SMENDZIANKA

POLAND

Studied under the direction of Professor Henryk Sztompka. Prize-winner at the IV"' International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1949. Made numerous radio and television recordings in Poland, Holland, Italy, Germany and Japan. Professor at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and head of the Piano Department. She was given the title of Honourable Professor of the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. Holds courses of inter-pretation and delivers lectures in European and non-European countries, among others in Japan, Finland, Germany and Denmark. Is the recipient of many Polish and foreign orders, while also being prize-winner for her artis-tic and didactic activities. Performed in over 30 countries of Europe, both Americas, Near and Far East. On her initiative in 1988 was established the Regina Smendzianka Foundation.

Born on May 22th, 1984. Graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory in 2009. Gave concerts in Georgia, Armenia, Germany, USA.

2012 – III prize at the ENDS International Piano Competition of Rio de Janeiro.
2008 – II prize at the Flier International Piano Competition in the USA.
2007 – special prize at the International Khachaturian Competition in Armenia.

Bakradze Nino

Gruzja/Georgia

PROFESSOR WIKTOR MIERZANOW

RUSSIA

Graduated from the Peter Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in the piano class of Prof. Samuel Feinberg and that of organ with Prof. Alexandr Gedike. In 1945 he was given first prize at the All-Soviet Competition of Music Performers. Prize-winner at the 4th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1949. His repertoire includes among others classical pieces and those of contemporary Russian composers. Apart from giving recitals and appearing with renown orchestras he is also keen on chamber music playing. Has been giving concerts all over the world. Has made 22 records for Melodia, Monitor, Angel, Shinse-kay, Ricordi. From 1985 head of the piano department at the Peter Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. He was holding courses at the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. Juror at many international music competitions. Chairman of the Jury at the International S. Rachmaninov Piano Competition in Moscow. Organizer of the annual S. Rachmaninov Festival in Tambov.

PROFESSOR WIKTOR MIERZANOW

RUSSIA

KAROL RADZIWONOWICZ

POLAND

Born in Warsaw. Graduated from the Chopin National Academy of Music in Warsaw with top honours in 1982. He also studied under Georgy Sebok at Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. Prize winner at numerous important competitions including the International Piano Competition for Young Performers in Czechoslovakia in 1971, the Paderewski National Competition for Musical Academies in Warsaw in 1981 as well as the American Scholarship Fullbright Competition. He appeared in many international festivals in Poland, France, Japan. He plays regularly with many famous orchestras in Poland and abroad under outstanding conductors. Made numerous recordings for Polish, Czech, Australian, Canadian and Slovak Radio and Television. He is the only pianist who has recorded all Paderewski's piano compositions for "Selene Records" with co-production with "Le Chant du Monde" in France. He received the Medal of Honour from the American Society for Music. Mr. Radziwonowicz is President of the Paderewski Society in Warsaw.

Born on February 18th, 1993. Study at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. Gave concerts in Portugal, Spain.

2010 – I prize at the III Young Pianist of the North International Competition in Newcastle, UK.
2009 – I prize at the International Piano Competition in the Russian Conservatory Alexander Scriabin in Paris, France.

Da Costa Raul

Portugalia/Portugal

PROFESSOR BERNARD RINGEISSEN

French pianist born in Paris. Completed his studies at the Conservatoire Nationale Superieure de Musique in Paris with top honours. His teachers were Marguerite Long and Jacques Fevrier. Prize-winner of many awards: IV'h prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Grand Prix at the International Marguerite Long - Jacques Thibaut Competition in Paris, P1 Grand Prix at the International Competition of Rio de Janeiro and the Villa-Lobos, Special Prize for the interpretation of Brazilian music. He performes worldwide, in recitals and in concerts with the most celebrated orchestras of Paris, Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin, Warsaw and under leading conductors. Participates in prestigious festivals, among others in Athens, Aix-en-Provence, Marienbad, Besancon, Duszniki-Zdrój. He was a Jury member at numerous international competitions e.g. Long in Paris, Chopin in Warsaw, Schumann in Zwickau, Bach in Leipzig, Schubert in Dortmund, Liszt in Weimar. Mr. Ringeissen teaches at C. N. R. in Rueil-Malmaison, and gives master classes at "Mozarteum" in Salzburg and at the International Summer Seminar in Weimar. Made many recordings for Ades, Calliope and Harmonia Mundi.

PROFESSOR BERNARD RINGEISSEN

PROFESSOR LASZLO SIMON

HUNGARY

Laszlo Simon was born in Hungary in 1948. In 1966 he emigrated to Sweden and lives today in Berlin. He studied in Stockholm, Hannover, London and New York with Hans Leygraf, Ilona Kabos and Claudio Arrau. Laszlo Simon has been awarded international prizes at the Casagrande, Geneva and Busoni Competitions. He was Jury member in international competitions in Barcelona, Luxembourg, Porto and Prague (Spring Festival). He made his debut in Hungary in 1966 and has given concerts world-wide ever since. Mr. Laszlo has taught in many major institutions in Europe and Scandinavia and was head of the Piano Department of the Royal College of Music iru Stockholm. He is a professor at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin and also regularly gives classes at the Musashino Music Academy in Tokyo.

PROFESSOR LASZLO SIMON

HUNGARY

PROFESSOR ANDRZEJ TATARSKI

POLAND

Andrzej Tatarski graduated from the Academy of Music in Poznań with the first class honors in the piano class of Professor Olga Dąbrowska. In 1969-70 he improved his piano skills in Paris with Professor Vlado Perlemuter. He has performed as a soloist and a chamber musician. He performed in 22 European countries, in USA, Japan, South Korea. Andrzej Tatarski took part in the Music Spring Festival in Poznań, the Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk, performed with Chopin recitals in Żelazowa Wola and with music of Karol Szymanowski both in Poland and abroad. He made the recordings for the radio and TV in Poland as well as abroad. He made recordings with Joanna Kozłowska and Bartłomiej Nizioł. Andrzej Tatarski is a professor of the piano class and a head of the Piano Department at the I. J. Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań. He is often a member of jury in the national and international piano and chamber music competitions. He is a lecturer in the master classes.

Born on October 27th, 1981. Graduated from Manhattan School of Music, New York, USA. In 2011 - Doctorate in Musical Arts, D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music. Gave concerts in Japan, USA, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Germany, Mexico, Chile.

2013 – II prize at the VII Iowa International Piano Competition in the USA.
2009 – I prize at the I European Union Piano Competition in Czech Republic.

Born on March 13th, 1997. Graduated from the Taipei Gu-Tin Primary School of Music in 2005. Study at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division in the United States. Gave concerts in Taiwan, China, Japan, Italy, Germany and the United States.

2010 – I prize at the Juilliard School Pre-College’s Mozart Piano Concerto Competition in the USA.
2008 – I prize at the XII Taipei International Chopin Piano Competition.
2005 – I prize at the KAWAI Asia Piano Competition.

Born on October 1st, 1990. Study at the University of Music Freiburg in Freiburg. Gave concerts in Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy.

2010 – I prize at the International Piano Competition Vila de Capdepera in Mallorca in Spain.
2008 – III prize at the XIII International Music Competition Carlo Soliva in Italy.
2007 – VI prize at the All-Polish Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Born on April 21, 1991. Study at the Showa University of Music. Gave concerts in Japan and Italy.

2013 – I prize at the XVII Hamamatsu International Piano Academy.
2009 – I prize and audience prize at the VII Tokyo Music Competition.
2009 – silver prize at the X Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia.

Kato Daiki

Japonia/Japan

Professor Zhou Guangren

China

Zhou Guangren, who was born in Hannover, Germany, of Chinese Parents, began her piano studies in Shanghai with Ding Shande, Mario Paci, Alfred Marcus and Bela Belai. She subsequently studied at the Central Conservatory of Music with Aram Tatulian from Moscow. Her career as a concert pianist started at an early age, when she was invited to play with the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra, the Central Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing and with the Dresden Symphony Orchestra. She was the first Chinese pianist to be awarded prizes in international piano competitions, during the World Youth Peace Festival in Berlin 1951 and during the Schumann Competition in Zwickau, 1956.
Since 1955, she has been a member of the piano faculty of the Central Conservatoryof Music in Beijing and has served as Chairman of the Piano Department from 1986-1992.
A frequently sought after adjudicator in major international piano competitionsin the USA, France, Norway, Chile, Israel, England and Japan, she toured theUnited States and given lecture recitals on Chinese piano music in 29 universities.She was the organizer of the First China International Piano Competition in 1994,acting as chairman of the jury. In summer 1995, she performed the Mozart A majorConcerto in London with the Britten-Pears Orchestra.
The past ten years, she has devoted herself extensively to the popularizationof the piano in China. She founded two Children's Piano Schools, organized competitionsand coordinated grade examinations, ran concert series of piano music for theBeijing Concert Hall and on China Central TV Station. She is the chief-editorof the piano magazine "Piano Artistry". The Chinese government awarded her thehonorary title "Best Cultural Worker", "National Best Educator" with the "MayFirst Labour Medal" .

Profesor Andrzej Jasiński

Polska

Professor Andrzej Jasiński

Poland

Born in 1936 in Częstochowa, where he graduated from the Secondary Music School in the class of Professor Stefania Borkowska. In 1952-59 he studied at the National Higher Music School in Katowice with Professor Władysława Markiewicz. In 1960-61 he studied in Paris under Professor Magda Tagliaferro. First Prize winner at the International Maria Canals Piano Competition in Barcelona in 1961. Performed in Poland, in the countries of the former Soviet Union, in Europe, Japan, Latin America, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Since 1961 he has worked as a teacher at the Music Academy in Katowice. From 1972 until 1995 he was head of the Piano Department at that school. In 1979-82 he held the piano class at Hochschule für Music in Stuttgart. Mr. Jasiński was a juror at many piano competitions, among others in Warsaw, Brussels, Paris and Tokyo. Also held master courses in Poland and abroad (the International Summer Academy of Music "Mozarteum" in Salzburg, the Piano School in Italy).

Born on May 22nd, 1993. Study at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul in Korea. Gave concerts in Korea and Germany.

2012 – IV prize at the XIII Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen in Germany.
2012 – III prize at the XXXVIII Joongang Piano Competition in Seoul.
2007 – I prize at the Music Chunchu Competition in Seoul.

Kim Myeong Hyeon

Korea

Professor Yoheved Kaplinsky

USA

Yoheved Kaplinsky is currently the Chairperson of the Piano Department at the Juilliard School in New York.
She began her musical career as a prizewinner in the J.S. Bach International Competition in Washington, D.C. A native of Israel, she studied with Ilona Vincze at the Tel Aviv Music Academy before entering the Juilliard School as a scholarship student of Irwin Freundlich. She holds a Master's and Doctoral degrees from Juilliard, as well as awards for scholastic and pianistic achievements. She continued her studies with Dorothy Taubman in New York.
Ms. Kaplinsky has appeared throughout the United States as a recitalist, in chamber music concerts and with orchestras, including performances in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Noted for her insight and understanding of piano technique, Ms. Kaplinsky has been in great demand for lectures and masterclasses in the U.S., Israel and the Far East.
She has served on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and the Manhattan School of Music, and has been a member of the Juilliard piano faculty since 1993. She also teaches regularly at various summer festivals, including the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in Maine, The Aspen Music Festival, the Tel Hai International Masterclasses in Israel, the Texas Conservatory for Young Artists, the Cliburn Institute and Pianofest in Long Island, New York.
Ms. Kaplinsky frequently adjudicates in international competitions, most recently the Cleveland, Rubinstein, Dublin, Cliburn and the Tchaikovsky competitions. In 2003, she received the Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Award.

Professor Yoheved Kaplinsky

USA

Nikita Mndoyants

Russia

I prize - 20 000 Euro
Born on March 31st,1989 in Moscow. He started to learn music at the age of 5. Study at theMoscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire . Gave concerts in Russia,Germany, Spain and others.

2004 - I prize at the International Youth Competition Performer-Composer in the memory of Anton Rubinstein in St. Petersburg

2005 – I prize at the Concerto Competition at the Tel-Hai in Israel

2006 – Semifinalist at the International Piano Competition in Leeds

1 000 Euro - Prize for the best Semi-Final recital

ADDITIONAL AWARDS:

· The ANIMATO Association in Paris - recital at the Cortot Hall in Paris

· The I. J. PaderewskiPomeranian Philharmonic prize for laureate of the 1st prize – concertwith the Symphonic Orchestra of the Pomeranian Philharmonic conductedby maestro Tadeusz Strugała on March 14, 2008 in the Assembly Hall ofthe Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Kim Sangyoung

Korea

Professor Vladimir Krainev

Germany

Vladimir Krainev is an outstanding pianist and professor of piano.
As a young child, his gift for music was discovered and developed by his teachers at the Kharkov music school. He continued his studies at the Central music school attached to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and later in the class of the great musician Henrich Neuhaus at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He graduated from the Conservatory and did a post-graduate course under the guidance of his late professor's son, an outstanding pianist himself, Stanislav Neuhaus.
After wining first prizes at international contests in Lisbon (Portugal), Leeds (England) and especially after his victory at the IY Tchaikovsky International Contest in Moscow (1970) his carrier as a pianist began. His performances with famous orchestras, eminent conductors and outstanding soloists all over the world have made Vladimir Krainev known as a great musician of our time.
Teaching music came as a natural continuation of his artistic activities. Presently Vladimir Krainev is a professor at the Higher School of Music and Theatre in Hanover (Germany). 29 young pianists from Russia and CIS, France, Germany, China, Korea and other countries study in his class. Many of his students are laureates of prestigious international competitions.
For many years Vladimir Krainev has been giving series of concerts called "Vladimir Krainev invites" at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. His students as well as laureates of his competition for young pianists participate in these concerts side by side with outstanding musicians.

Nikita Mndoyants

Rosja

Professor Dominique Merlet

France

Dominique Merlet, renowned professor, formerly at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris and now at the Geneva Conservatory, is an outstanding performer and musician of exceptional repute. He was a pupil of Roger-Ducasse, Nadia Boulanger and Louis Hiltbrand. Awarded three "1st Prize" at the Paris Conservatory and winner of the prestigious Geneva International Competition.
His performing career has taken him around the world in collaboration with noted conductors including Charles Munch, Paul Paray, Armin Jordan, Sergiu Comissiona. Dominique Merlet's recordings have won "Grand Prix du Disque" and "Diapason d' Or".
He gives frequent recitals, master-classes, and lecture recitals worldwide, and has a splendid legacy of students who themselves are laureates of major piano competitions. A return to facsimile manuscripts for interpretative matters brings a rare element of authenticity to his own performances and master-classes. He frequently participates at international piano juries, is an Honorary European President of EPTA as well as President of the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Foundation. His impressive accomplishments have been rewarded by the French Ministery of Culture with the title of Officier des Arts et des Lettres.

Yulianna Avdeeva

Rosja

Professor Sergio Perticaroli

Italy

Sergio Perticaroli was born in Rome and educated at the Conservatory Santa Cecilia by professor Renzo Silvestri. Winning the First Prize at the Geneva International Piano Competition (1950) and winning the Busoni Prize at the Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano (1952) launched Maestro Perticaroli's performing career in Italy and Europe.
From 1954 Sergio Perticaroli performed numerous concerts in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, playing in the most prestigious music centers: La Scala di Milano, Berlin Philharmonic, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Tonhalle in Zurich, etc., and under the baton of famous conductors like Maazel, Celibidache, Abbado, Giulini, Jochum and others.
In 1959, as a result of an informal meeting with Aram Khachaturian in Cairo, Sergio Perticaroli embarked on a long concert tour of the Orient together with the famous composer performing his Piano Concerto and becoming subsequently one of the most celebrated pianists to ever play it. After his performance at the Academy of Santa Cecilia Sir John Barbirolli invited Sergio Perticaroli to make a concert tour of the most important cities of England under the baton of Maestro Barbirolli and Hallz Orchestra.
Maestro Perticaroli also is very active as pedagogue, heading the Piano Department of the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome and, since 1977, giving annual summer piano course in Salzburg's Mozarteum.

Born on July 6th, 1989. Study at the Royal College of Music. Gave concerts in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy.

2010 – grand prix at the International Competition Interlaken Classic in Bern in Switzerland.
2009 – II prize at the Tbilisi International Piano Competition in Georgia.
2007 – II prize at the F. Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano.

Klinton Dinara

Rosja/Russia

Professor Yuko Yamaoka

Japan

Yuko Yamaoka was born in Fukuoka in western Japan. She began to have piano lessons in natural style of rendition from own mother at age of three. Later studied with Professor Yoichiro Miyake, Leo Sirota and Kazuko Yasukawa. At age of eight, played Concerto in A major, K. 488, by Mozart with Japan Radio Orchestra for overseas broadcast. At age of eleven, gave joint recital, and later performed solo with orchestras and chamber music ensembles, and in radio broadcasts. Won prize in 20th Japan Musical competition in 1951.
Decorate by French Government with chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1983 and Officier dans L'Ordre des Arts et des Letters in 1998, given Yokohama Cultural Award in 1990.
Yuko Yamaoka serves on the jury of many international competitions. She is also taking important responsibilities in educational and other social activities as member, Board of Education, Yokohama City (1996-2003); member of the board, the Yokohama City Foundation for the Promotion of Culture; Professor, Faculty of Music and Graduate School, Ferris Women's University; instructor, Toho Gakuen University and Junior College; board member, Japan Piano Teachers' Association; member of the board of trustees, International Music Exchange Association; board member, Franco-Japanese Society of Music; president, executive committee, Yokohama International Piano Concert, and representative, Yamate Geteza Piano Festival.

Marianna Prjevalskaya

Hiszpania

Zhaoyi Dan

P. R. China

Dan Zhaoyi is a famous piano pedagogue in China. He was professor at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music from
1964-1995 and is now teaching at the Shenzhen Arts School. Dan Zhaoyi’s father was a medical doctor, who loved music
and influenced his children to study music. Dan Zhaoyi entered the Music School in Sichuan at the age of 14, studying piano with Prof. He Huixian and Lin Ruizhi. In 1960, he went to Beijing to study with Prof. Zhou Guangren who layed the foundation for his piano teaching career. In 1964, he graduated from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music.
During his more than 30 years’ research on piano teaching, he brought forth many young pianists, particularly in the last ten years a group of brilliant, young performers winning prizes in important international piano competitions emerged out of his class.
Most outstanding are Li Yundi, Chen Sa and Zuo Zhang. His students won 34 times in international piano competitions, among them are 11 First Prizes: including the 1st China International Piano Competition (Young Pianists), Gina Bachauer Young Artists Piano Competition and Gina Bachauer Junior Group, the Krainev International Youth Piano Competition in Ukraine, the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, and at last the Chopin International Piano Competition in 2000, where Li Yundi won 1st Prize and Chen Sa won 4th Prize after having won the 4th Prize at the Leeds Competition in 1996. They are the first Chinese to win such a high prize.
For his outstanding teaching achievements Dan Zhaoyi has obtained various awards. He has been honored with the title “National Outstanding Educator”, “Excellent Teacher” and has been awarded the honorable Certificate for international Culture and a memorial gold medal.

Zhaoyi Dan

P. R. China

Lilit Grigoryan

Armenia

IV prize - 5 000 Euro
Born on June 24th,1985. In 2002-2004 studied at the Komitas Yerevan State Conservatory.Study at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg. Gave concertsin Russia, Germany, France, Argentina, Syria and others.

2003 – I prize at the Marjan Mkhitaryan und Robert Atayan Competition of Youth Pianists-Players

– II prize at the Competition for Laureates of the “K. G. Orbelyan’s Cultural Exchange International Found”

Born on July 3th, 1989. Graduated from the Chopin Music Univeristy in Warsaw. Gave concerts in Poland, France, Germany, China, Japan, Italy.

2012 – V prize at the IV Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition in Ukraine.
2009 – VI prize at the IX International Chopin Piano Competition in Germany.
2008 – VI prize at the National Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Zhaoyi Dan

Chiny

Bernd Goetzke

Germany

Bernd Goetzke was born in Hanover, Germany in 1951. At the age of 13 he was already accepted as a student at the Hanover University of Music and Drama, where he studied Piano with Prof. Karl-Heinz Kammerling until obtaining his Concert Soloist's Diploma in 1975. Another important phase in his pianistic development was his long association (1969 to 1977) with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, who regarded him as his last pupil. He also participated in Beethoven courses given by Wilhelm Kempff and Claudio Arrau. Bernd Goetzke was awarded prizes in several international competitions (Paris, Milan, Athens, Brussels, amongst others). Already at the age of 25 he was appointed Lecturer at the Hanover University of Music and Drama and became professor in 1982; there he teaches a class of young pianists from all over the world, as well as being Head of the Concert Soloist Programme. In addition he holds numerous Master Classes in Germany and abroad. He is also involved in the training of soloists and the development of young talents outside of the University environment: as jury member of many international competitions, for example, or as Artistic Advisor of the festival "Braunschweiger Kammermusikpodium" and as Chair of a society supporting young artists. As of last year he is Director of a newly-founded Institute for highly-gifted children. This Institute, conceived by him, is attached to the Hanover University of Music and Drama and the only one of its kind in Germany. In recent years his concert repertoire has focused on works of the twentieth century, reflecting his fascination with the stylistic richness and diversity of the period between Late Romanticism and Avantgarde. In the realm of chamber music one could mention the German premiere of Bartok's Piano Quintet, Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time", Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire", Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, or also the two Rhapsodies by Gershwin or Skryabin's "Prometheus". Bernd Goetzke has also published several articles on subject-related matters ("Freedom in Interpretation", "Pedal Technique", "Bach's Melodic Characteristics", "Articulation and Phrasing in Classical Music", etc.).

Born on August 5th, 1992. Study at the Academy of Music in Cracow. Gave concerts in Japan, UK, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary.

2010 – I prize at the Piano Competition in Płock in Poland.
2010 – I prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Lviv.
2009 – I prize at the XV Ricardo Viñes International Piano Competition in Lleida in Spain.

Melody Quah

Malaysia

Daejin Kim

Korea

DAEJIN KIM has successfully consolidated the well-deserved
status as one of the leading pianists and pedagogues in
Korea.
He won in 1985 the first prize in the prestigious 6th Robert
Casadesus International Piano Competition (presently,
the Cleveland Competition). In 1986, Professor Kim made
his New York debut and received an exceptionally favorable
review from the critic for the New York Times who wrote
that "Daejin Kim demonstrated all the accouterments
necessary for a successful solo career”. Since then, he
has performed in recital and with orchestra in major cities
throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

In 1994, Prof. Kim family moved to Korea and since then he has become a prime example of that rare individual who is able to successfully combine both the demanding careers of a concert artist and the most productive teacher. His master classes have drawn international recognition and at the same time, he has been able to maintain a full schedule of performances such as a historic one-day performance of the complete Beethoven's Piano Concertos(2001) and the complete cycle of the Mozart Piano Concertos(2002-2004). Recently, he has appeared as a soloist with the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchestra, Berlin, the RTE National Orchestra in Dublin, and the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra at the Suntory Hall in Japan.
His recent discography includes 2 Piano Concertos by Mozart(K.488 & K.453) which he conducted the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard(Sony Label).
In 2002, he received 'the Professor of the Year' Award by the Music Association of Korea, and most recently, received a decoration for ‘the Artist of the Year’ by the Ministry of Culture in Korea in 2006.
Prof. Kim has been on jury member for the Clara Haskil International Competition, the Cleveland International Piano Competition, the Ettlingen International Piano Competition, and the PTNA Competition, the Sendai International Competition in Japan and Paderewski International Piano Competition, the Rachmaninov International Piano Competition in Moscow, and among others.
His students have earned the prizes in the major international competitions including the Rubinstein, the Busoni, the Viotti, the Ettlingen, the Oberlin, the Cleveland, and the Sendai(Japan). Recently, his student at the Korean National University of Arts has won the first prize at the 2005 Clara Haskil International Piano Competition and the first prize at the Leeds International Competition in 2006.
Daejin Kim earned a Bachelor's, a Master's, and a Doctoral degree from the Juilliard School where he studied with Martin Canin. Prof. Kim has been a member of the associate faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and has taught at Yale University as a Woodward Fellow. He is currently Professor at the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul.

Pavel Raykerus

Rosja

Aleksiej Orłowiecki

Russia

Alexei Orlovetsky (Russia) - prize-winner of international piano competitions, a graduate (1984) and a lecturer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (till 1996). He studied the piano under Grigorij Sokolov, and then became his assistant. He also studied composition and opera and symphonic conducting (under Y. Falik and A. Mussin). In 1989 he got the second prize in the 2nd International Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht, Holland, and in 1990 - the first prize in the 7th International Iturbi Piano Competition in Valencia, Spain. He is both a teacher and a performer. His rich repertoire includes pieces from baroque to modern times, but his favourite compositions are those by Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninov. In 1991, in Holland, he recorded two CDs with Liszt’s compositions performed on the Erard piano from Liszt’s times. Apart from the concerts in his country, he has performed several times in Spain, Holland, Yugoslavia, Germany, and many times in Poland. He has held 18 nationwide piano courses organized in Poland by Ferenc Liszt Society, and has held piano classes during all ten International Master Courses for Pianists in Wrocław from 1993 to 2005.

Born on February 15th, 1986. Graduated from Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. Study of the Bern University of the Arts. Gave concerts in Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Germany, Serbia, Israel.

2010 – III prize at the International Competition in memory of Isidor Bajic in Novi Sad in Serbia.
2009 – III prize at the Concert Competition of the Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes in memory of Marina Bondarenko in Israel.
2005 – I prize at the International Art Festival in Berlin.

Born on August 2nd, 1992. Study at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory. Gave concerts in Russia, Germany, Italy, Japan.

2012 – III prizeat the XVI Hamamatsu International Piano Academy Competition in Japan.
2008 – laureate of the III Moscow H. Neuhaus Festival for Young Pianists.
2005 – laureate of the XI International Festival of Young Soloists in Moscow.

Martynov Roman

Rosja/Russia

Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń

Poland

The teacher of Rafał Blechacz, 1st Prize Winner of the 15th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw. Polish pianist of Bulgarian origin. Graduated with honours from the State High School of Music (Academy of Music) in Gdansk, in prof. Zbigniew Sliwinski's class, in 1973. Completed her postgraduate studies in Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna, in prof. Alexander Jenner's class. Participant of master classes run by Susanne Roche, Dieter Zechlin and Georgy Sebok.

Prizewinner of the Polish competitions: 4th Polish Festival of Young Musicians; 2nd Polish Competition of Piano Music. Entered semi-finals of 9th International Chopin Competition, Warsaw, 1974 (won 4th award); Piano Competition in Terni, Italy, 1975 and ARD Piano Competition in Munich in 1978. She gives performances both in Poland and other countries. She is a professor of piano at the Academy of Music in Gdansk and in Bydgoszcz. She has been also teaching several talented high school students.

Prof. Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń co-operates with the Centre of Artistic Education in Warsaw. She has been a jury member during several Polish and foreign competitions. Her students have been prizewinners of the various piano competitions in Poland and abroad. She teaches in English and German.

Born on June 6th, 1987. Graduate from Gnessin Music Institute in Moscow and Music Conservatory in Barcelona. Gave concerts in Spain, Japan, France, Italy, Russia, Cuba.

2011 – semi-finalist in Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition in Tel-Aviv.
2010 – II prize at the Hilton Head International Piano Competition in the USA.
2008 – II prize, public prize and the best contemporary piece at the Maria Canals Competition in Spain.

Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń

Polska

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki

Jerome ROSE

USA

JEROME ROSE, one of America’s most distinguished pianists, has been heard in major concert halls across
five continents. A Gold Medalist from the International Busoni Competition, Mr. Rose began his international
career while still in his early twenties. His catalogue of critically acclaimed recordings on Monarch Classics
includes the Liszt Concerti with the Budapest Philharmonic, Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes, the Complete Schumann
Sonatas, “Davidsbundlertanze”, and “Kreisleriana”, the Last Three Beethoven Sonatas, and the Complete
Ballades & Fantasy of Chopin.
He was a pupil of Adolph Baller when, at the age of 15,
he debuted with the San Francisco Symphony. A graduate
of the Mannes College and the Juilliard School of Music,
Jerome Rose studied with Leonard Shure and Rudolf Serkin at Marlboro. He was also a Fulbright Scholar in Vienna. Mr. Rose has given masterclasses at the Moscow Conservatory, the Chopin Academy in Warsaw, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Munich Hochschule, and is a frequent guest at the Toho Conservatory of Music in Tokyo, Japan. He is on the Faculty of the Mannes College of Music and is Founder/Director of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival held every summer in New York City. Mr. Rose’s performances at the Festival have been recorded by WFMT Chicago for worldwide radio broadcast.

Jerome Rose has appeared with such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, and Santa Cecilia, Rome. A frequent visitor to London, he has appeared with the London Philharmonic, London Symphony, and the Royal Philharmonic. In addition he has been soloist with most major U. S. orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Houston, Baltimore & Atlanta. Conductors include Sir Georg Solti, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Charles Mackerras, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Sergiu Comissiona, David Zinman, Hans Vonk, Robert Spano, and Christian Thielemann.

Born on May 16, 1987. Graduated from Texas Christian University. Gave concerts in USA.

2012 – I prize at the Piano Texas International Festival Concerto Competition.
2012 – I prize at the Five Towns Music and Art Foundation Competition in New York.
2011 – I prize for the best performance of Prokofiev Concerto at the TCU Concerto Competition.

Moon Zheeyoung

Korea

Jacques ROUVIER

France

Born in Marseilles in 1947. He studied with Vlad PERLEMUTER, Pierre SANCAN, Jean FASSINA and
Jean HUBEAU. He obtained first prizes in Piano and
Chamber Music from the Paris National Music
Conservatory in 1965 and 1967.

A profound and proficient musician, he has won several international prizes: the Viotti prize in Vercelli, the Maria Canals prizes in Barcelona, the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud prize and the prize awarded by the Foundation de la Vocation (France).
In 1970 he founded the ROUVIER-KANTOROW-MULLER Trio with which he regularly performs. An eminent teacher, he was named Professor of Piano at the Paris National Music Conservatory in 1979. He has been often invited to do Master-Classes around the world: in Montreal, Vancouver, Saint-Jean-de-Luz (the Maurice Ravel Academy),and the international Music Academies in Flaine, Nice and Les Arcs. Beginning in October 1990, he succeeded Pierre BARBIZET teaching Piano Pedagogy at the Conservatory in Marseilles. His recordings have always been warmly received and have won prizes including the Grand Prix du Disque and the Grand Prix du Disque Francais.
Over the last 25 years he has played innumerable concerts in France and around the world, always with great success and joy.
Jacques ROUVIER's artistic career is the reflection of his rich personality. His performance are always praised by critics all over the world.

Born on February 7th, 1991. Study at the Lviv State Music Academy. Gave concerts in Ukraine and Poland.

2012 – III prize at the Emil Gilels International Piano Competition, Odesa
2012 – IV prize at the Mykola Lysenko International Music Competition in Kiev.
2010 – II prize at the International Chopin Competition in Lviv.

Jacques ROUVIER

Francja

Lee Kum-Sing

Canada

Lee Kum-Sing studied with Gerhard Puchelt in Berlin and with Julius Katchen and Magda Tagliaferro in Paris. He debuted in New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1963 and in London’s Wigmore Hall in 1969 and has since received international acclaim as a soloist and in chamber music in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. He has collaborated in concerts with leading artists such as Cho-Liang Lin, Alfredo Campoli, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Rivka Golani and Kim Borg and has been featured with the BBC, ABC (Australian) and CBC (Canadian), and other Asian and European radio and television recordings.
Since 1971, Professor Lee has been Head of Vancouver Academy of Music’s Piano Department and faculty at the University of B.C.(Canada). Since 1985, he has been Visiting Professor to the Beijing Conservatory of Music. Many of his students have been prizewinners in major national and international competitions and are now actively concertizing and recording. For over 20 years, Professor Lee has been conducting master classes and has been on faculty at international summer schools and festivals in Holland, Poland, France, Belgium, Italy, Japan, China, U.S.A. and Canada.
Professor Lee sits on the jury of many international competitions, including the prestigious International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition in Brussels.

Born on October 9th, 1988. Graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Gave concerts in Russia, Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, USA and Germany.

2012 – I prize of III Massarosa International Piano Competition in Italy.
2010 - I prize of ACF International Piano Competition in Paris.
2009 – I prize of IV International Piano Competition Premio Franz Liszt in Italy.

Taratushkin Mark

Rosja/Russia

ANDREA BONATTA

Italy

Andrea Bonatta was born in Bolzano. Major influences in his musical development were studies with Paul Badura-Skoda in Vienna, Nikita Megaloff in Geneva, Stefan Askenase in Bonn and Wilhelm Kempf in Positano.

Andrea Bonatta has often been defined as a ‘poet of the piano’. Most recent recitals includes Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Prague, Shanghai, Beijing and Paris. He has recorded on CD Brahms’ complete works for piano as well as several other CD’s dedicated to Liszt and Schubert, getting top critical reviews: Choc/Le Monde de la Musique; ffff/Telèrama, best CD of the year/Neue Musikzeitung.

His book on Brahms’ piano work is considered a milestone in this field and has already been translated into German.

Andrea Bonatta is the Artistic Adviser of the ‘Feruccio Busoni’ Piano Competition in Bolzano and the “Franz Liszt” Competition in Utrecht. He has been also the Vice President of the World Federation of International Music Competitions of Geneva.

He is often a member of the jury at the most important international competitions, also as president of the jury (Bolzano, Weimar, Vercelli, Utrecht, Dortmund, Terni, Pretoria, Ettlingen, Moscow, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Seoul, Taipei, Hilton Haed, Cleveland etc.). He very much likes chamber music and has played as a duet with pianists such as Paul Badura-Skoda and Valentin Gheorghiu or violinists like Domenico Nordio or Sergei Krylov.

Andrea Bonatta is piano Professor at the Conservatory in Bolzano, Honorary Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory as well as founder and director of the Piano Academy-Eppan.

Besides his activity as a soloist, he recently started a very successful activity as a conductor in the USA, Italy, China and Korea conducting Concertos from the piano as well as symphonic works with orchestras such as Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra.

ANDREA BONATTA

Włochy

ALEXANDER BRAGINSKY

USA

Alexander Braginsky was born and educated in Moscow. He received his first piano lessons from his mother, a well-known concert pianist. At the age of six he began study with Alexander Goldenweiser, a close friend of Leo Tolstoy and a classmate of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. It was through Goldenweiser, with whom he spent 12 years as his youngest student, that Braginsky came into contact with the great 19th-century Romantic tradition. After Goldenweiser death, he continued to study with Theodore Gutman, another illustrious representative of the "Golden Age" of Russian piano school.

Braginsky's repertoire extends from Baroque to avant-garde. He performed over twenty world premieres, most of which were works commissioned and written for him, including music by Stephen Paulus, Libby Larsen and Paul Fetler's Piano Concerto, commissioned by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Braginsky performed extensively in the former USSR, Israel, England, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China, Spain, France, Cuba and the United States. He appeared on stage in collaboration with Yefim Bronfman, Oleg Kagan and other renowned artists. The London Times characterized Braginsky's playing as "splendid" and the Chicago Sun-Times called him "... a pianist with a fine, commanding sound that he can also use with great delicacy and expression."

Braginsky has recorded for DDF, Sound StarTone and d'Note labels. He has appeared repeatedly on BBC, National Public Radio, RTB-BRT and other radio stations throughout the world.

Braginsky and his wife, cellist Tanya Remenikova were the first artists-in-residence appointed by Churchill College, Cambridge, in 1981.He has given numerous masterclasses in Europe, Asia and North America. He taught and performed at the International Music Summer Course in Vienna, Austria since 1995. While in Vienna in 2003, Braginsky was awarded the Josef Dichler Gold Medal for outstanding achievements.

Currently Braginsky teaches at the University of Minnesota School of Music where he is Professor of Piano. He is also the Director of the International Piano Institute at Hamline University in Saint Paul. Many of his students have won national and international competitions.

Braginsky frequently judges International and National Piano Competitions. He is the Artistic Director of the Musicians in Debut International (MIDI) as well as the Founding President and the Artistic Director of the Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition.

Born on May 7th, 1992. Student at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Gave concerts in Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Spain and France.

2011 – special prize at the I Paterna Piano Competition.
2010 – II Prize at the XV International Evangelia Tjiarri Piano Competition in Cyprus in Larnaka.
2009 – I Prize at the IX International Scriabin Piano Competition at Russian Conservatory in Paris.

ALEXANDER BRAGINSKY

USA

Agustin Anievas

USA

&lt;address class="western"&gt;An American pianist, specializing in the works of Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Sergei Rachmaninoff.&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address class="western"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Born in New York City of Spanish and Mexican descent, pianist. He began his piano studis before he was four years old, and appeared in his first recital before his fifth birthday. As a twelwe years old he gave a major recital at the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium"&gt;&lt;span lang="en"&gt;Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, and at 18 made his New York debut with the Little Orchestra Society.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address class="western"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium"&gt;As a student of Eduard Steuermann and Adele Marcus at the Juilliard School, he earned his B.S. and M.S. in 1958. He was the winner of many competitions, including the Michaels Memorial Award, and the Concert Artists Guild in NY, which offered him a New York debut recital in 1958.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;address class="western"&gt; &lt;/address&gt;
&lt;p lang="en" align="justify"&gt;As the grand prize winner in the first Dimitri International Mitropoulos Competition for Pianists in 1961, he began his international career, playing in the cultural centers of Europe, South Americaa and Asia, in recital and with orchestras including London Philharmonic, New Philharmonia, BBC, the German radio orchestras, New York Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Mexico Symphony, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Brussels Philharmonic. EMI maintains a catalog of Anievas's performances and releases on their Forte Label.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p lang="en" align="justify"&gt;Anievas recognized for his effortless style and virtuoso panache, yet his warm sound and sensitive musicality is always at the service of composer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="en"&gt;During his career, as a Chairman of the Piano Department and Professor of Music at Brooklyn College's Conservatory of Music, he works to increase young musicians’ and students’ appreciation of the great classical piano music literature, and to create better audiences for this music in our time. Now, in addition to his duties on the board of the National Chopin Foundation and Competition In Miami, Florida, he participates as jury member in piano competition word wide. This season’s performance have takes him to Asia, performing recitals and working in masterclasses at the Bejing Piano Festivsal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Agustin Anievas

USA

PETER FRANKL

Great Britain

Peter Frankl made his name on the international circuit as a young pianist in the 1960s. Following his London debut in 1962 and his New York debut with the Cleveland Orchestra in 1967, he has been performing with many orchestras in the USA (Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh etc), the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Orchestre de Paris, Israel Philharmonic, all London orchestras and many others in Europe and all parts of the world. He has appeared with conductors like Abbado, Ashkenazy, Barbirolli, Blomstedt, Boulez, Chailly, Davis, Doráti, Fischer, Haitink, Kempe, Kertész, Leinsdorf, Maazel, Masur, Muti, Sanderling, Solti, Szell, among others.

His many tours have taken him often to Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, playing with orchestras, in recitals and also in chamber music concerts. He has appeared over twenty times at London’s BBC Promenade Concerts and has been a regular participant at the Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh, Verbier, Kuhmo, Naantali and Casals Festivals. Among the highlights of his many Edinburgh Festival appearances were his performance of the Britten Concerto under the baton of the composer and an opening televised concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Muti. He was the soloist at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest with the Budapest Festival Orchestra at one of the last concerts Yehudi Menuhin ever conducted.

In the USA, Peter Frankl has been regular guest–artist at summer festivals in Aspen, Chautauqua, Hollywood Bowl, Marlboro, Norfolk, Ravinia, Santa Fé and Yellow Barn. For many years the Frankl-Pauk-Kirshbaum trio travelled the world. He often performs with string quartets like the Amadeus, Bartók, Borodin, Fine Arts, Guarneri, Lindsay, Panocha, Takács, Tokyo and Vermeer. He has given master classes all over the world, including the Royal Academy and Royal College in London, Liszt Academy in Budapest, Van Cliburn Institute in Texas, in Berlin, Madrid, Beijing, Hong Kong and Seoul. Among his many recordings are the complete Schumann and Debussy piano works (with Andras Schiff the Schumann 2-piano and 4-hand repertoire); both Brahms’ Concerti, Violin Sonatas - with Kyung Wha Chung -; Mozart Concerti, Violin Sonatas and 4-hand works -with Tamas Vasary -; Bartok solo works and violin pieces; Piano Quintets of Brahms, Schumann, Dvorak, Martinu and Dohnanyi.

Peter Frankl studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with Professors Hernádi, Kodály and Weiner and won first prizes at several international competitions. He lives in London and is on the faculty of Yale University School of Music. In recognition of his artistic achievements he was awarded the Officer’s Cross and Middle Cross by the Hungarian Republic. He is Honorary Professor of the Liszt Academy.

PETER FRANKL

Great Britain

Piotr Paleczny

Poland

&amp;lt;p class="western"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong class="western"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="color: #000000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="font-size: small"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;The Chairman of the Jury &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong class="western"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="color: #000000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="font-size: small"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Artistic Director of the IX International Paderewski piano Competition&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"&amp;gt;Piotr Paleczny is one of the most eminent Polish pianists. He graduated from the Music Academy in Warsaw in the class of Professor Jan Ekier. It seems that the possibility to maintain artistic contacts with Artur Rubinstein and Witold Lutosławski has played a significant role in molding his artistic personality.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" align="justify"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;The success he attained at the 8th International Chopin Competition was the gateway to numerous, prestigious concert stages worldwide. The fact of winning the 3rd award, along with Garrick Ohlsson and Mitsuko Uchida, special award for best polonaise performance and the Witold Małcużyński award, gave impetus to his career that the artist has been developing to this day, performing &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;concerts on all the continents. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" align="justify"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="color: #000000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Piotr Paleczny was appearing as a soloist with such internationally renowned orchestras as the Warsaw National Philharmonic, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the American Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Royal Philharmonic&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="color: #000000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt; BBC &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Symphony Orchestra,&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="color: #000000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt; the &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchester from Zürich, RAI &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;National Symphony &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Orchestra&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;,&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt; the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina, or the Orquesta Nacional de España.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" align="justify"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="color: #000000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Piotr Paleczny has been appearing in famous concert halls such as the Carnegie Hall, the Avery Fisher Hall, the Alice Tully Hall, the Hall of the General Assembly of the United Nations in &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="es-ES"&amp;gt;New York&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="color: #000000"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;, the Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="es-ES"&amp;gt;Berliner Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Festspielhaus in Salzburg. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="es-ES" align="justify"&amp;gt;The pianist was invited to conduct classes in Newy Jork, Tokyo, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Bordeaux, Paris, Freiburg, Amsterdam, Hamamatsu, Montevideo, Toronto, Copenhagen, Mexico city, Lugano and Warsaw.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="es-ES" align="justify"&amp;gt;Piotr Paleczny has gained renown as a juror at well-established international piano competitions in Warsaw, Leeds, Paris, London, Cleveland, Toronto, Seul, Moscow, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Montreal, Tel Aviv, Santander, Tokyo, Kitzingen, Casablanca, Prague, Hamamatsu, Sendai, Geneva, Taipei, Shenzhen, Weimar, Manchester, Los Angeles, Hilton Haed and Takamatsu.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"&amp;gt;In June 2007 he was presiding over the workings of the famous Cleveland Piano Competition Jury, distinguishing himself as the first Pole invited to fulfill the function of the President of the Jury during piano competitions organized in the US.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" align="justify"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;On November 5, 2001 in the National Philharmonic Piotr Paleczny was a soloist during the Gala Concert staged to celebrate the 100&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;th&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt; anniversary of the Warsaw Philharmonic.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"&amp;gt;The recording - "The best of Chopin" – made with the Prima Vista quartet for the DUX Company has been awarded by the Polish Phonographic Academy with "Frederic 1999" prize and in December 2002 this CD achieved the status of the "Platinum Disc”.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"&amp;gt;Since 1993 the pianist has acted as Artistic Director of the oldest–standing music festival worldwide – the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój. Piotr Paleczny has also acted as Artistic Director of the I. J. Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz and the member of the Program Council of the National Frederic Chopin Institute.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"&amp;gt;In 1998 the President of the Republic of Poland bestowed on him professorship.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" align="justify"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Piotr Paleczny tutors piano class at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. It took no more than a decade of educational effort and the students working under Piotr Paleczny have been awarded over 20 prizes and honorable mentions at international and national piano competitions. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify"&amp;gt;In January 2010 - Piotr Paleczny inaugurated the Year of Chopin with a special concert held in the Polish Sejm.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;
&amp;lt;p class="western" align="justify"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;In recognition of his outstanding achievements Professor Piotr Paleczny has been honored with many decorations such as the &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="font-size: xx-small"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style="font-size: medium"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt;Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span lang="en-US"&amp;gt; and the Mexican Medal “Aguila Azteca”. In September 2005 the artist was decorated with a Gold Medal “Deserved for Culture – Gloria Artis”. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

Wojciechowski Nikodem

Polska/Poland

Lech Dudzik

Poland

<p class="western" align="justify"><span style="color: #000000"><span lang="en-US">Born on October 10th,1949 in Bydgoszcz. Following the graduation from the High School of Music in Bydgoszcz - piano class of Professor Zygmunta Morska, he commenced studies at the Higher State School of Music (now the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music) in Warsaw at the Department of Sound Engineering and completed studies in 1975 in phonographic class of Professor Antoni Karużas. Since 1975 the artist has been constantly cooperating with the Polish Radio producing hundreds of archival recordings, concert, opera, festivals and music competitions recordings transmitted to the countries associated in the European Broadcasting Union. In 1991 Lech Dudzik started collaborating on a regular basis with Gabriela Blicharz and since they have created a team acting in unison at every stage of recording process. </span></span></p>
<p class="western" lang="en-US" align="justify">Following his studies the artist has been working actively for numerous recording companies.
Lech Dudzik ranks among the most eminent specialist in his field. His artistic sensitivity coupled with high standards of sound quality and expressive interpretation of music he records have met with acclaim of most eminent musicians.</p>
<p class="western" align="justify"><span style="color: #000000"> <span lang="en-US">
</span></span><span style="color: #000000">Prizes and Honorable Mentions:</span></p>

PETER FRANKL

Wielka Brytania

CHOONG-MO KANG

Korea

Born in South Korea, Choong-Mo Kang has performed to critical acclaim with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and Korea's leading orchestras. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Opera House in Sydney, and throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In 2003 Mr. Kang performed in Moscow and St. Petersburg to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Russia's revered pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva. He aspires to master and perform Johann Sebastian Bach's entire works for the keyboard.

A graduate of Seoul National University, he received his master's degree from the San Francisco Conservatory and his Artist's Diploma from Peabody Conservatory. While pursuing his DMA at Peabody, he was appointed as a member of the Peabody piano faculty.

Mr. Kang's recordings include Bach "Goldberg Variations", Inventions and Sinfonias, and The Well-Tempered Clavier. The great pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher praised Mr. Kang's Goldberg Variations as "A quite spectacular performance. A notable addition to the Goldberg discography."
Mr. Kang is a teacher at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul and his students have been prizewinners in prominent competitions, such as Queen Elisabeth, Van Cliburn, Dublin, Epinal, Hamamatsu, Leeds, Long-Thibaud, Maria Canals, Shanghai and many more.

Mr. Kang has given master classes throughout Europe, Asia and North America. He has been an artistic director of the Euro Music Festival and Academy in Leipzig and a faculty member of the Ishikawa Music Festival in Japan. Mr. Kang has served on the jury of prestigious international competitions, which include Cleveland, Warsaw, Dublin, Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney.

CHOONG-MO KANG

Korea

Jan Jiracek von Arnim

Austria

<address class="western"><span><span style="font-size: medium">Born into a family of musicians, pianist Jan Jiracek von Arnim was described by BBC Music Magazine as one of the leading pianists of his generation.</span></span></address><address class="western"><span><span style="font-size: medium"><span lang="en-US">
He won the first prize at the Steinway Competition in Hamburg at age ten, and made his formal debut the following year in his hometown of Hannover (Germany), performing a piano concerto by Mozart. Mr. Jiracek has since performed extensively throughout Europe, including recitals at the Herkulessaal Munich, Philharmonie Berlin, Steinway Hall London, Salle Cortot Paris, Palau de la musica Barcelona, Tonhalle Zurich, Konzerthaus Vienna, Musikverein Vienna, Musikhalle Hamburg and the Gewandhaus Leipzig, as well as orchestral appearances with the Berlin and St. Petersburg Philharmonics, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia of England.</span></span></span></address><address class="western"><span><span style="font-size: medium">
A top prize winner at the Busoni Competition (Italy) and Maria Canals Competition (Spain), Jan Jiracek von Arnim was of the winners of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (USA). Following his success at the Cliburn Competition, he was invited to join the roster of Community Concerts, resulting in more than 80 performances throughout the United States. Recent engagements included recitals at the Tilles Center at Long Island University, the University of Vermont Lane Series, and Spivey Hall in Atlanta. He also performed with the Washington Chamber Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Riverside Symphony at the Lincoln Center in New York and with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at Bass Performance Hall. Jan Jiracek von Arnim has been featured on several European radio and television stations, including ZDF, SFB Berlin, Deutschlandradio, Radio Hilversum, Radio Stockholm, and Radio France, and on NDR as a soloist with the NDR Symphony Orchestra.</span></span></address><address class="western"><span><span style="font-size: medium"><span lang="en-US">
A graduate of the UdK Berlin, he studied with Hans Leygraf and has performed in masterclasses with Alfred Brendel and Bruno Leonardo Gelber, among others. Jan Jiracek von Arnim gives master classes on a regular basis in North America, Asia and Europe. He was appointed professor for piano at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien in 2001, making him the youngest tenured professor in the history of that school. Mr. Jiracek von Arnim is frequently invited as a judge at international piano competitions, e.g. the "London International Piano Competition" and the "Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition for young musicians".</span></span></span></address>

Xu Zi

Chiny/China

Emanuel Krasowsky

Israel

Professor of piano and chamber music, chairman of the piano department, the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel-Aviv University. Formerly deputy director of the School. Co-founder (1991), artisitic director and faculty member, the annual Tel-Hai Intenational Piano Master Classes in Israel.

Born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Studied at the conservatory there, the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University (with Mindru Katz), and the Juilliard School in New York (with Ilona Kabos, Guido Agosti, and Ania Dorfmann), where earned B. Mus., M. Mus., and DMA degrees. Also worked with Aube Tzerko at Aspen Festival.

Among his prizes, the Gina Bachauer memorial award, first prize at New York Piano Teachers' Congress international competition, International Bach Society, and others. Appeared as soloist with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein, Carlo Rizzi, Sidney Harth, and other conductors as well as with all the other orchestras in the country. Was heard in recital in the framework of Israel Festival, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Weill Recital Hall in New York, and in many European cities. In celebration of Schubert's birth bicentennial, performed the composer's last three sonatas in Tel Aviv as well as in Denmark, Germany, Finland, and Hungary to enthusiastic reviews.

Has appeared in chamber-music recitals in Israel, Europe, USA, and the Far East with violinist Isaac Stern, cellists Natalia Gutman and Yehuda Hanani, soprano Ileana Cotrubas, flutist Istvan Matuz, among others; performs regularly with violinist Vera Vaidman. Among the international chamber-music festivals he took part in: Kfar Blum Festival in Israel, Esbjerg Festival in Denmark, Gotland and "Sommarmusik pa Naset" chamber music festivals in Sweden, St. Cyprien Festival in France, Dino Ciani festival in Italy,and others.

Was co-founder and director of the semi-annual chamber-music festival in Zichron Yaacov, Israel.

Has taught and conducted master classes at Conservatoire Superieur National in Paris, The Juilliard School and Mannes International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Helsinki, Canberra, USA, etc. His masterclass at the Yamaha Center in New York - in the framework of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival (20 July, 2011) - was broadcast in live stream on the Internet.

Served on the juries of numerous international competitions: Arthur Rubinstein in Tel Aviv; Leeds; Esther Honens in Calgary, Canada; AXA Dublin; Maj Lind in Helsinki, Finland; Tbilisi, Georgia; Bremen; in USA: Oberlin; Boesendorfer/Schimmel; the AMSA World Piano Competition in Cincinnati (in 2000, as jury chairman); the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists, New York; the New York Piano Teachers' Congress competition; Jose Iturbi in Valencia, Spain; Vladimir Horowitz competition and Mykola Lysenko competition in Kiev etc. the Senigallia, Pinerolo (Italy), Canberra (Australia), and others. A number of his students have won prizes in international contests and are pursuing illustrious performing and teaching careers the world over.

CHOONG-MO KANG

Korea

Hiroko Nakamura

Japan

Recognized as a prodigy from age 3, Hiroko Nakamura has performed in more than 3700 concerts worldwide, has made about 50 recordings, and is the award-winning author of five books. She has made innumerable appearances with major orchestras under the direction of such renowned conductors as James Levine, Kiril Kondrasin, Rafael Fruebech, Evgeny Svetlanov, Vladimir Fedoseyev and Jean Fournet.

In recent years, she has devoted her time to nurturing and introducing young pianists widely in Japan and abroad. She was the Chairperson of Hamamatsu International Piano Competition for 15 years from 1994, and has served on the juries of many international competitions such as Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Long-Thibaut, Van Cliburn, Leeds, Dublin, Busoni, Sydney, Paloma O’shea, Beijing, and Shanghai. She has been recognized with many international awards including a decoration from the government of Japan and Poland and has recently received the Gold Medal for Merits to Culture Gloria Artis.

She continues to enjoy a distinguished career of performing, recording, coaching and judging. In 2009/2010 season she celebrated 50th anniversary of her debut, and toured all 47 prefectures around Japan in the season having more than 100 recitals and concerts with major orchestras. In February 2012 Ms. Nakamura played with The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra for their Japan tour with Antoni Wit and Michal Dworzynski, and got great acclaim.

He started his career as a concert pianist at the age of 20. Tours through Europe, the Near ande Middle East and the USA. Recitals and piano concertos (Vienna Symphony, London Symphony, RSO Berlin, RSO Vienna, Belgrad, Ljubljana etc.). Radio recordings. TV appearances.

Since 1968 , he is pianist of the "Haydn Trio Wien". Concerts with this ensemble in North- and South America, Africa, Europe and the Far East. Recordings (LPs, CDs) of the Haydn Trio Wien with Teldec, Warner Apex, Arabesque N.Y. and Musica Wien.

He accompanied several well-known singers like Edith Mathis, Peter Schreier, Kurt Equiluz a.o. in numerous Liedrecitals. For many years he was piano duo partner of Hans Petermandl.

Other musical activities: jury member in international and national Piano and Chamber Music Competitions (Bremen, Köln, München, Dublin, Seoul, Sydney, Graz, Wien). Masterclasses (solo and chamber music) in Europe, Australia and in the USA.

Since 1975, he has been teaching young concert pianists at the Keyboard Institute of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Professor emeritus since 2008.

Piotr Paleczny

Piotr Paleczny

Chairman of the Jury, Artistic Director of the 10th International Paderewski Piano Competition

Piotr PALECZNY

Chairman of the Jury, Artistic Director of the 10th International Paderewski Piano Competition

One of the most outstanding Polish pianists and professors, laureate of five international piano competitions. He completed piano studies at the Frederick Chopin Music University in Warsaw in the class of prof. Jan Ekier.

The opportunity of having artistic contact with Arthur Rubinstein and Witold Lutoslawski also had a huge impact on the final development of his artistic personality.

A success achieved at the 8th Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition opened to Piotr Paleczny the doors of many prestigious world concert halls. Receiving, in company of Garrick Ohlsson and Mitsuko Uchida - the Third Prize, the Special Prize for the best performance of a Polonaise and the Witold Małcużyński Prize initiated his career, which the artist has enjoyed constantly until now performing concerts on all continents.

He performed as a soloist with such prominent orchestras as the Warsaw National Philharmonic, the Polish Radio National Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the American Symphony, Concertgebouw, the Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon, Gewandhaus, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, RAI, Santa Cecilia, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Mexico, Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Argentina and Orquesta Nacional de España....

He gave concerts in prestigious concert halls including the Carnegie Hall, the Alice Tully Hall and the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, the Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Berliner Philharmonie, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Royal Festival Hall in London and Festspielhaus in Salzburg.

In July 2007, he led the Jury works at the distinguished piano competition in Cleveland, the same he was the first Pole invited to fulfill a function of Jury Chairman at the USA international piano competitions.

On 5 November 2001, Piotr Paleczny was invited to be a soloist of the extraordinary Gala Concert to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.

His and “Prima Vista“ quartet’s CD, “The best of Chopin” (DUX) recorded with DUX records was awarded the “Frederick ‘99”, the prize by the Polish Phonographic Academy and in December 2002 this CD achieved status of the “Platinum Disc”. In 2015 the National F.Chopin Institute has released highly awaited the latest CD recorded by Piotr Paleczny - all Chopin recital.

Since 1993 he has been Artistic Director of the oldest existing piano festival in the world – the International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki Zdroj.

Since 2004 he also is Artistic Director of the International Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz.

In 1998 the President of Poland has conferred on him title of Professor. Piotr Paleczny conducts the piano class at the Frederick Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. His students have already won dozens of awards at the international and national piano competitions.

In January 2010 at the concert at the Polish Parliament, Piotr Paleczny inaugurated the Chopin Year. The artist is honored with many superior and prestige Polish and foreign medals such as the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Mexican Order of the Aguila Azteca. In September 2005, Piotr Paleczny was awarded the “Meritorious for Culture - Gloria Artis” Gold Medal.

He is a pianist, professor, artistic director, musical producer and musical programmer. He advises some of the world’s leading cultural centres, universities and acts as a trustee for a number of museums.

He is an expert in the work of J.S. Bach, and his repertoire includes all of the keyboard works. He has given lectures and master classes since the 1990s around the world, and has performed Ligeti’s ‘Studies for Piano’ under the supervision of the composer himself.

Dr Cruz Plaza has founded a number of festivals, and is a prolific advocate for young musicians, working with over a dozen foundations that support classical music. He is also a judge and trustee for a number of prestigious international piano competitions.

His work on regenerating audiences who attend classical music concerts has established a new global benchmark, which has guided large orchestras, festivals, competitions and auditoria from Qatar to New York, through London, Moscow, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dallas, Paris...

Ewa Pobłocka

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Ewa Pobłocka

Jury member of the 10th Competition

Ewa POBŁOCKA

Poland

Ewa Pobłocka was born in Chełmno. She comes from a musical family, her mother, Zofia Janukowicz-Pobłocka, was a pianist. Ewa Pobłocka studied at the State Higher School of Music in Gdańsk under Zbigniew Śliwiński and Jerzy Sulikowski and in 1981 received a diploma with distinction. She continued her postgraduate studies in Hamburg under Conrad Hansen. She also held artistic consultations with Jadwiga Sukiennicka, Rudolf Kerer, Tatiana Nikołajewa and Martha Argerich. She is the prizewinner of the international piano competitions in Vercelli (1977), Bordeaux (1979) and Warsaw (1980).

She has given performances throughout Europe as well as in North and South America, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Republic of South Africa, Singapore, Korea, Japan and Australia. She has appeared as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bayerischer Rundfunkorchester, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, the New Japan Philharmonic, the Polish Chamber Orchestra, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, the National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.

She has a penchant for playing chamber music. The artist has appeared on stage with the Silesian String Quartet (Kwartet Śląski), the Berlin Philharmonic’s quartet, Dang Thai Sonem – pianist (pieces for four hands and two pianos) as well as with singers – Jadwiga Rappé, Olga Pasiecznik and Ewa Podleś. She has created the Multitrio with her daughters, Ewa Leszczyńska (soprano) and Maria Leszczyńska (cello). She has first performed and made premiere recordings of many pieces by Polish contemporary composers, among others Andrzej Panufnik, Witold Lutosławski, Paweł Szymański and Paweł Mykietyn (Paweł Szymański and Paweł Mykietyn have dedicated their concerts to her). She has been collaborating with numerous European broadcasting stations. She has recorded almost 50 CDs to date, which encompass solo and chamber repertoire spanning from Baroque till the present. These recordings have been made for Polskie Nagrania Muza, Deutsche Grammophon, Pony Canyon, Victor JVC, Conifer Records, CD Accord and BeArTon.

Ms. Pobłocka is also a distinguished music educator. She teaches a piano class at the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She holds master classes in Canada, Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia, China, Ireland, Norway and Korea. She is also a guest professor at the Geidai University of the Arts and Music- universities in Tokyo and Nagoya. She often serves on the jury of many international piano competitions.

In 2004 the artist received the annual Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award, the same year she was honored by the President of Poland with the Cavalier’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Bilicka Elżbieta

Bilicka Elżbieta

Bilicka Elżbieta

Matti Raekallio

Jury member of the 10th Competition

Matti RAEKALLIO

Finland

Finnish pianist was born 1954 in Helsinki.

He studied in his home country as well as with Maria Curcio in London, England, with Dieter Weber at the Vienna Academy of Music in Austria, and at the Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Conservatory in Russia.

Mr. Raekallio made his American debut in 1981 at the Carnegie (Weill) Recital Hall. In his concerts, he has performed cycles of the complete piano Sonatas of Beethoven, Scriabin, and Prokofiev, as well as altogether 62 piano concertos. He has made about 20 CDs, including an acclaimed set of the complete Prokofiev Sonatas.

He first taught for 30 years at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, while also temporarily working as professor in Kungliga Musikhögskolan in Stockholm, Sweden, and at Western Michigan University, USA. In 2005, Mr. Raekallio became professor of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover, Germany. Two years later, he received the invitation to join the faculty of The Juilliard School in New York. From 2012 to 2014, he also worked as part-time professor at Bard College Conservatory in New York State. He shuttled between USA and Europe for a few years, until settling exclusively at Juilliard in 2015. His students include several first prizewinners in major international competitions. He regularly serves as a juror in them, and gives master classes in the USA, Europe and Asia.

Mr. Raekallio’s Doctorate (Dr.Mus) at the Sibelius Academy focused of the history of piano fingering. Subsequently, Prof. Raekallio became a member of an international research team, investigating pianists' choice of fingering from the viewpoint of cognitive psychology. Mr. Raekallio received the Leonie Sonning Foundation Grant (Denmark) in 1980, and was recipient of the five-year Artist Grant of the state of Finland three times altogether. He served for three years, 1998-2000, as a member of the Finnish Academy’s Council for Research of Culture and Society. In 2009, he became Honorary Doctor of the Estonian Academy of Music.

Ivanova Dina

Ivanova Dina

Ivanova Dina

Soo-Jung Shin

Jury member of the 10th Competition

Soo-Jung SHIN

Korea

Soo-Jung SHIN received her musical training at the Seoul National University, the Vienna Academy of Music(Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien) and the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, U.S.A. Her teachers include Chung Jin-Woo, Josef Dichler, Leon Fleisher, Wilhelm Kempff and Maria Curzio Diamond. She won many prizes in music competitions including the Dong-A National Competition in Korea, the Elena Rombro Stepanow Competition in Vienna, the Deutsch Industrie Vanband Scholarship Competition among others. She was also awarded the Korean Academy of Arts Award. She received Das Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse from German Government in 2011.

She made her debut at the age of 13, playing Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 with Navy Symphony Orchestra (Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, today)

She has performed with orchestras such as London Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, KBS and NHK Symphony under the batons of Lim Won-Shik, Leon Fleisher, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir John Pritchard, Asahina Takashi, Iwaki Hiroyuki, Myung-whun Chung and others. She performed together with Ruggiero Ricci, Nicolai Gedda, Janos Starker, Chung Kyung Wha and others.

She has served as jury of international competitions including ARD, Seoul, Tokyo, Köln, UNISA, Dublin, Hamamatsu, Sendai and Leeds International Music Competitions.

At the age of 26, she became the youngest faculty member at her alma mater, College of Music, School National University. She taught also at Seoul High School of Arts and Kyung Won University where she served as Dean of the School of Music. In 2000 she returned to Seoul National University, where she taught until her retirement in 2007. she was also elected as Dean of the College of Music, first woman in it’s history. In 2009, she was elected as member of the National Academy of Arts, Korea. She is Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University and chairperson of Great Mountain Music Festival & School’s managing Committee.

Jerzy Sulikowski

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Jerzy Sulikowski

Jury member of the 10th Competition

Jerzy SULIKOWSKI

Poland

Jerzy Sulikowski is one of the leading Polish piano teachers. He was born in Wojkowice. His mother – student of Józef Turczyński - was his first piano teacher. The artist completed his piano studies in Katowice and Sopot under Zbigniew Śliwiński and subsequently in Paris under Suzanne Roche and Vlado Perlemutera.

He was awarded the first prize during the International Music Competition in Geneva in 1967. Jerzy Sulikowski has given concerts all over Europe, in China, Cuba and Japan. Concurrently with his concert performances, he has early committed himself to teaching.

For over 50 years he has been associated with the Music Academy in Gdańsk and as of 1980 the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, where he has co-organized and chaired the piano faculty for over 27 years. This faculty has been widely recognized as one of the most significant piano centers in Poland. The artist has created a network of collaborators featuring such eminent artists as Jerzy Godziszewski, Tatiana Shebanova, Katarzyna Popowa – Zydroń, to name just a few.

For over 6 years he was a visiting professor at the Musashino Academy in Tokyo. Jerzy Sulikowski is invited to lecture during numerous summer piano courses.

His students have frequently won prizes during piano competitions. In 1986, after a 25 year break, he led to the resumption of the I. J. Paderewski Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz

Tamás Ungár

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Tamás Ungár

Jury member of the 10th Competition

Tamás UNGÁR

Hungary/USA

Pianist Tamás Ungár has earned worldwide acclaim for his powerful performances and innovative programming. A regular guest artist at numerous music centers in the United States, he also performs and teaches frequently all over the globe. Between the 2006 -2012 seasons he performed over 70 concerts in America, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Romania, England, Taiwan, Hong Kong, The People's Republic of China, Korea and Japan. Some of the highlights of those seasons include performances with the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, performing as soloist/conductor of Mozart Piano Concertos at the University of Leeds, as Artist-in-Residence and a return visit to present a solo recital and master class series at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.

In addition to his performing commitments, Tamás Ungár has become one of United States' best-known and most respected teachers of the piano. As Founder - Executive Director of PianoTexas International academy & Festival and member of the TCU Piano Faculty, he attracts students from across America and as far afield as Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Hungary, Japan, Malaya, Mexico, Poland, Republic of Georgia, Singapore, Russia and Taiwan. His students have received prizes in national and international competitions, have performed in prestigious music centers including Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Recital Hall, New York City and have made numerous recordings. During the summers Dr. Ungár has been invited as guest teacher in the Schlern Music Festival in Italy, the Banff Piano Master Classes, Canada and the Tel-Hai Master Classes in Israel. Since 1989 Tamás Ungár has been a regular guest teacher at the most important music centers in China and has taught in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Indonesia. In 2006 he was appointed as Artistic Director of the Beijing International Piano Festival and Artistic Advisor for the Zhou Guangren Summer Piano Institute.

In 2010 Dr. Ungár received the prestigious USA Presidential Scholar Program’s Teacher Recognition Award and in 2013 the Music Teachers National Association (USA) named him “The Teacher of the Year”. The Senate of Texas has proclaimed Tamás Ungár as a “Distinguished Citizen” in recognition for his lifetime work and achievements in the
fine arts.

Dr. Ungár's most influential teachers included Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Lajos Hernádi at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and György Sebök at Indiana University, where he was awarded the Doctorate in Music. Prior to his present position he taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Purcell School, England and at the University of California at San Diego. He joined the TCU School of Music in 1978 where he is Professor of Music.

Arie Vardi

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Arie Vardi

Jury member of the 10th Competition

Arie VARDI

Israel

Beginning his artistic career at the age of fifteen, Israeli born Arie Vardi went on to receive international acclaim as one of the country’s foremost pianists. After winning the Chopin Competition in Israel, he appeared with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra with Zubin Mehta, and upon winning the George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest, he played numerous concerts throughout Europe. Alongside his study of music at the Rubin Academy, he succeeded in achieving a degree in law at Tel Aviv University.

Vardi continued his piano studies in Basel with Paul Baumgartaner and studied composition with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen. He has performed widely as soloist with major orchestras under the baton of Semion Bychkov, Sergio Commissiona, Lukas Foss, Kurt Masur, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Zubin Mehta, Paul Paray, Paul Sacher, Gustavo Dudamel and David Zinman, among others. His concert tours have taken him to Eastern and Western Europe, the United States, Latin America, the Far East, Australia and Japan. His first Russian tour, in 1992, included performances in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities. Vardi performs regularly as soloist-conductor, playing the complete set of concerti by Bach and Mozart, part of which he has played on the Hammerfluegel. In recent years he has specialized in the literature of the Impressionist period, including the entire repertoire of Debussy and Ravel. His RCA records have won international acclaim and prizes.

Mr. Vardi’s extensive repertoire includes various Israeli works, many of which were dedicated to him. In addition to his concert career, Arie Vardi is a professor of piano at the Hochschule fuer Musik in Hannover and at the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University, where he served as its director and chaired the Piano Faculty. More than 30 of his students have won first prizes in international competitions. Arie Vardi is best known to television viewers for his series “Master Classes”, the family series of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra which he conducts and presents, and currently for his new series “Intermezzo with Arik”.

He has been a invited to serve as jury member in most of the leading international piano competitions, such as Chopin in Warsaw, Leeds, Van Cliburn, Tchaikovsky in Moscow, Sydney, ARD, Beijing, Beethoven in Vienna and Bonn, Cleveland and Hamamatsu, as well as in Milan, Salt Lake City, Santander, Tokyo, and Seoul. He is the Artistic Advisor and Chairman of the Jury of the Arthur Rubinstein International Master Competition.

Mr. Vardi has held Master Classes and presented lecture recitals at the Juilliard School of Music, the Paris Conservatoire, the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, theLondon Royal Academy, and many other major music centers.

In the 2001 season, Arie Vardi directed, conducted and played a series of five concerts with the Israel Chamber Orchestra. The series, entitled “The Piano Concerto,” featured twelve concertos ranging from Bach to the 21st century. In the 2004-5 season he launched a new weekend series with the Israel Philharmonic, “Morning Intermezzo”, where he serves as conductor and presenter.

Mr. Vardi was the recipient of the Minister of Education Award in 2004 for lifetime achievement.

Kim Eunchan

Kim Yedam

Kim Yedam

Republika Korei / Republic of Korea

24.03.1998

Absolwentka Konserwatorium Paryskiego oraz Uniwersytetu Mozarteum w Salzburgu, w Austrii.
Graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria.

Ozaki Misora

Panfilov Alexander

Panfilov Alexander

Rosja / Russia

13.04.1989

Absolwent Konserwatorium Moskiewskiego im. P. Czajkowskiego. Student Royal Northern College of Music.
Graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. Student of at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Sudo Rina

Sung Jenna

Sung Jenna

Wielka Brytania / Great Britain

19.08.1985

Absolwentka Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler w Berlinie, Royal College of Music w Londynie, Trinity Laban Conservatoire
of Music and Dance, Uniwersytetu Muzycznego Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie.
Graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Royal College of Music in London, Trinity Laban Conservatoire
of Music and Dance, Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

Sung Jenna

Świgut Aleksandra

Świgut Aleksandra

Polska / Poland

21.01.1992

Studiowała na Uniwersytecie Muzycznym Fryderyka Chopina w Warszawie. Obecnie studentka Akademii Muzycznej
im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach oraz Guildhall School of Music and Drama w Londynie.
Studied at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Currently student of the Szymanowski Music Academy
in Katowice and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Świgut Aleksandra

Tainaka Takuya

Tainaka Takuya

Japonia /Japan

20.10.1988

Absolwent Tokyo University of the Arts. Student Akademii Muzycznej im. Feliksa Nowowiejskiego w Bydgoszczy.
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. Student of at the Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz.

Wierciński Andrzej

Yang Xiaohui

Yang Xiaohui

Chiny / China

24.09.1991

Absolwentka Curtis Institute of Music oraz Juilliard School. Obecnie studentka Peabody Conservatory.
Graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School. Currently student of the Peabody Conservatory.